To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.
James MonroeThe best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
James MonroeThe great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation.
James MonroeWhile we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe, the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to them whose minds have not yielded to the evidence which has convinced us.
James Monroe