The Executive is charged officially in the Departments under it with the disbursement of the public money, and is responsible for the faithful application of it to the purposes for which it is raised. The Legislature is the watchful guardian over the public purse. It is its duty to see that the disbursement has been honestly made.
James MonroeThere is every reason to believe that our system will soon attain the highest degree of perfection of which human institutions are capable.
James MonroeIn a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance!
James Monroe[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places.
James Monroe