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James Monroe Quotes

1758–1831 United States

James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat and Founding Father who served as the 5th president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was the last president of the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation; his presidency coincided with the Era of Good Feelings, concluding the First Party System era of American politics.

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Also known as: Monroe, James

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National honor is the national property of the highest value.

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.

The Monroe Doctrine (1823)

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

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 susceptible.

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.

The Monroe Doctrine (1823)

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.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Monroe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.