Words matter. These are the best James Monroe Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.
The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong.
Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete.
It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be maintained.
The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation.
The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination.
The 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.
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all – liberty!
National honor is the national property of the highest value.
By these purchases the Indian title, with moderate reservations, has been extinguished to the whole of the land within the limits of the State of Ohio, and to a part of that in the Michigan Territory and of the State of Indiana.
A king without power is an absurdity.
Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.
It is the knowledge that all men have weaknesses and that many have vices that makes government necessary.
