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> [“If there be a people on earth whose more especial duty it is to be at all times prepared to defend the rights with which they are blessed, and to surpass all others in sustaining the necessary burthens, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/if-there-be-a-people-on-earth-whose-more-especial-duty-it-is-to-be-at/)

[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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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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