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> [Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers. And it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest, of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/providence-has-given-to-our-people-the-choice-of-their-rulers-and-it/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

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## More by John Jay

> [“It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/it-is-too-true-however-disgraceful-it-may-be-to-human-nature-that/)

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> [Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/nothing-is-more-certain-than-that-a-general-profligacy-and-corruption/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [“We must go home to be happy, and our home is not in this world. Here we have nothing to do but our duty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/we-must-go-home-to-be-happy-and-our-home-is-not-in-this-world-here-we/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [As the select assemblies for choosing the President, as well as the State legislatures who appoint the senators, will in general be composed of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/as-the-select-assemblies-for-choosing-the-president-as-well-as-the/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [The jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/the-jury-has-the-right-to-judge-both-the-law-as-well-as-the-fact-in/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [I saw one excellency was within my reach - it was brevity and I determined to obtain it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/i-saw-one-excellency-was-within-my-reach-it-was-brevity-and-i/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/no-power-on-earth-has-a-right-to-take-our-property-from-us-without/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [“Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/distrust-naturally-creates-distrust-and-by-nothing-is-good-will-and/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [Those who own the country ought to govern it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/those-who-own-the-country-ought-to-govern-it/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers. And it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/providence-has-given-to-our-people-the-choice-of-their-rulers-and-it/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [ “Too many in your state \[Pennsylvania\], as in this \[New York\], love pure democracy dearly. They seem not to consider that pure democracy, like… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/too-many-in-your-state-pennsylvania-as-in-this-new-york-love-pure/)

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> [“It has often given my pleasure to observe, that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one connected fertile,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/it-has-often-given-my-pleasure-to-observe-that-independent-america/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [The only way to be loved is to be and to appear lovely; to possess and display kindness, benevolence, tenderness; to be free from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/the-only-way-to-be-loved-is-to-be-and-to-appear-lovely-to-possess-and/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [“Among the many objects to which a wise and free people find it necessary to direct their attention, that of providing for their safety…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/among-the-many-objects-to-which-a-wise-and-free-people-find-it/)

[John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/)

> [“Among the strange things of this world, nothing seems more strange than that men pursuing happiness should knowingly quit the right and take a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/among-the-strange-things-of-this-world-nothing-seems-more-strange/)

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