Sourced and curated.

But there is still an undercurrent at work by which, if not seasonably checked, the worst apprehensions of our antifederal patriots will be realized, and not only will the State authorities be overshadowed by the great increase of power in the executive department of the General Government, but the character of that Government, if not its designation, be essentially and radically changed.

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison · 1841

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There is no part of the means placed in the hands of the Executive which might be used with greater effect for unhallowed purposes than the control of the public press.

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison · 1841

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In our intercourse with our aboriginal neighbors the same liberality and justice which marked the course prescribed to me by two of my illustrious predecessors when acting under their direction in the discharge of the duties of superintendent and commissioner shall be strictly observed.

To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of...faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison · 1841

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Essay · Political literature

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. From the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property, the possession of different degrees and kinds of property immediately results.

Federalist 10 · 1787

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Essay · Political literature

Each department should have a will of its own; and consequently should be so constituted that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others.

Federalist 10 · 1787

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Essay · Political literature

Federalist 51 · 1788

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To render the war short and its success sure, animated and systematic exertions alone are necessary, and the success of our arms now may long preserve our country from the necessity of another resort to them.

Second Inaugural Address of James Madison · 1813

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The American people have encountered together great dangers and sustained severe trials with success. They constitute one great family with a common interest.

James Monroe

First Inaugural Address of James Monroe · 1817

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Europe is again unsettled and the prospect of war increasing. Should the flame light up in any quarter, how far it may extend it is impossible to foresee. It is our peculiar felicity to be altogether unconnected with the causes which produce this menacing aspect elsewhere. With every power we are in perfect amity, and it is our interest to remain so if it be practicable on just conditions.

James Monroe

Second Inaugural Address of James Monroe · 1821

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The progress of our settlements westward, supported as they are by a dense population, has constantly driven them back, with almost the total sacrifice of the lands which they have been compelled to abandon.

James Monroe

Second Inaugural Address of James Monroe · 1821

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The people of the District of Columbia are not the subjects of the people of the States, but free American citizens.

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison · 1841

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In the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their United Government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, can not be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage.

George Washington

First Inaugural Address of George Washington · 1789

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The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

George Washington

First Inaugural Address of George Washington · 1789

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There is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.

George Washington

First Inaugural Address of George Washington · 1789

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I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old, from their native land, and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life.

Thomas Jefferson

Second Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson · 1805

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Letter

The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them.

Thomas Jefferson

1807

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Our country abounds in the necessaries, the arts, and the comforts of life. A general prosperity is visible in the public countenance.