The emigrants although of different parties and different religious sects all flew from persecution in pursuit of liberty. — James Monroe Copy Share Image
Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all -… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties. — James Monroe Copy Share Image
Let us by wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties. — James Monroe Copy Share Image
There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The crime of ingratitude has not yet stained, and I trust never will stain, our national character. You are considered by them… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of liberty and happiness...beyond the Atlantic. In the wars… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The liberty, prosperity, and the happiness of our country will always be the object of my most fervent prayers to the Supreme… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The principles and passions of men are always the same and lead to the same result, varying only according to the circumstances in which… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The crime of ingratitude has not yet stained, and I trust never will stain, our national character. You are considered by them as not… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil. — James Monroe Copy Share Image
Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry,… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
In wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session. — James Monroe Copy Share Image
A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends. — James Monroe Copy Share Image
There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment of this… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
By these purchases the Indian title, with moderate reservations, has been extinguished to the whole of the land within the limits of the State… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
