History has shown that at least one-half of every century is consumed in war.

[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places.

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.

Let us by wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.

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 people so prosperous and happy.

I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.

The American continents, by the free and independent condition by which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.