It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act.

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

[V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.

The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.

Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just.

Let thy carriage be such as becomes a man grave settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not, at every turn, what others say.

A half-starved limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step.