James Monroe
Quotations

"A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue."

 

"National honor is a national property of the highest value."

 

"I enter on the trust to which I have been called by the suffrage of my fellow-citizens with my fervent prayers to the Almighty that He will be graciously pleased to continue to us that protect which He has already so conspicuously displayed in our favor. "

 

"It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. "