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It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be maintained.
— James Monroe
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James Monroe
politician, lawyer, diplomat, farmer, statesperson, writer
1758 – 1831
James Monroe was an American Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president as well as the last president of the Virginia dynasty. Monroe was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and his presidency coincided with the Era of Good Feelings, concluding the First Party System era of American politics. He issued the Monroe Doctrine, a policy of limiting European colonialism in the Americas. Monroe previously served as Governor of Virginia, a member of the United States Senate, U.S. ambassador to France and Britain, the seventh secretary of state, and the eighth secretary of war.
All Quotes by James Monroe
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It is the knowledge that all men have weaknesses and that many have vices that makes government necessary.
— James Monroe
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Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete.
— James Monroe
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It is the knowledge that all men have weaknesses and that many have vices that makes government necessary.
— James Monroe
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It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be maintained.
— James Monroe
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It is the knowledge that all men have weaknesses and that many have vices that makes government necessary.
— James Monroe
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It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and an usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin.
— James Monroe
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The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
— James Monroe
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National honor is the national property of the highest value.
— James Monroe
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The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature is capable.
— James Monroe
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The American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
— James Monroe
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In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
— James Monroe
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It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be maintained.
— James Monroe
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The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
— James Monroe
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Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete.
— James Monroe
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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.
— James Monroe