Presidential Quotes: James Monroe

 James Monroe, 5th US President 

“In a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance!”

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

“It is better to spread trust all around than to hand out money!”

“The liberty, prosperity, and the happiness of our country will always be the object of my most fervent prayers to the Supreme Author of All Good.”

“If it was wise, manly, and patriotic for us to establish a free government, it is equally wise to attend to the necessary means of its preservation.”

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

“Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe. And to the same Divine Author of every good and perfect gift we are indebted for all those privileges and advantages, religious as well as civil, which are so richly enjoyed in this favored land.”