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> [The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature is capable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/the-mention-of-greece-fills-the-mind-with-the-most-exalted-sentiments/)

[James Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-monroe/)

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## More by James Monroe

> [The principles and passions of men are always the same and lead to the same result, varying only according to the circumstances in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/the-principles-and-passions-of-men-are-always-the-same-and-lead-to/)

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> [The crime of ingratitude has not yet stained, and I trust never will stain, our national character. You are considered by them as not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/the-crime-of-ingratitude-has-not-yet-stained-and-i-trust-never-will/)

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> [If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/if-we-look-to-the-history-of-other-nations-ancient-or-modern-we-find/)

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> [In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/in-the-wars-of-the-european-powers-in-matters-relating-to-themselves/)

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> [The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/the-best-form-of-government-is-that-which-is-most-likely-to-prevent/)

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> [Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/before-any-man-can-be-considered-as-a-member-of-civil-society-he-must/)

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> [By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/by-the-last-returns-to-the-department-of-war-the-militia-force-of-the/)

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> [In wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/in-wars-of-the-european-powers-in-matters-relating-to-themselves-we/)

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> [Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/our-relations-with-the-other-powers-of-europe-have-experienced-no/)

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> [A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/a-free-virtuous-and-enlightened-people-must-know-full-well-the-great/)

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> [There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/there-is-a-price-tag-on-human-liberty-that-price-is-the-willingness/)

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> [By these purchases the Indian title, with moderate reservations, has been extinguished to the whole of the land within the limits of the State…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/by-these-purchases-the-indian-title-with-moderate-reservations-has/)

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> [I enter on the trust to which I have been called by the suffrages of my fellow-citizens with my fervent prayers to the Almighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/i-enter-on-the-trust-to-which-i-have-been-called-by-the-suffrages-of/)

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> [The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/the-mention-of-greece-fills-the-mind-with-the-most-exalted-sentiments/)

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> [How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/how-prone-all-human-institutions-have-been-to-decay-how-subject-the/)

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