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Best Quotes by James Monroe
- Let us by wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
- The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation.
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- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle