All James Monroe Quotes
- Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will. Constant
- The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals. Alike
- Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.… Advantage
- While we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe, the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we… Assert
- Let us by wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties. Among
- 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 and… Age
- Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty! All
- It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising the sovereignty. Usurpation… All
- The emigrants although of different parties and different religious sects all flew from persecution in pursuit of liberty. All
- The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt… Alone
- Peace is the best time for improvement and preparation of every kind; it is in peace that our commerce flourishes most, that taxes are most… Best
- If America wants concessions, she must fight for them. We must purchase our power with our blood. America
- From several of the Indian tribes inhabiting the country bordering on Lake Erie purchases have been made of lands on conditions very favorable to the… Been
- I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis. Bases
- The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination. America
- A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends. Causes
- The earth was given to mankind to support the greatest number of which it is capable, and no tribe or people have a right to… Capable
- To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people. Character
- 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… Arouses
- At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country. Cause
- I enter on the trust to which I have been called by the suffrage of my fellow-citizens with my fervent prayers to the Almighty that… Almighty
- If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a… Ancient
- [In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places. Choose
- In wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so… Any
- The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of liberty and happiness...beyond the Atlantic. In the wars of the European… Any