History Has Shown That At Least One-half

The Crime Of Ingratitude Has Not Yet Stained, And I Trust Never Will Stain, Our National Character. You Are Considered By Them As Not Only Having Rendered Important Service In Our Own Revolution, But As Being, On A More Extended Scale, The Friend Of Human Rights, And Able Advocate Of Public Liberty. To The Welfare Of Thomas Paine, The Americas Are Not, Nor Can They Be, Indifferent.

I Have Great Satisfaction In Stating That Our Relations With France, Russia, And Other Powers Continue On The Most Friendly Basis.

The Earth Was Given To Mankind To Support The Greatest Number Of Which It Is Capable, And No Tribe Or People Have A Right To Withhold From The Wants Of Others More Than Is Necessary For Their Own Support And Comfort.

I Enter On The Trust To Which I Have Been Called By The Suffrages Of My Fellow-citizens With My Fervent Prayers To The Almighty That He Will Be Graciously Pleased To Continue To Us That Protection Which He Has Already So Conspicuously Displayed In Our Favor.

Of The Liberty Of Conscience In Matters Of Religious Faith, Of Speech And Of The Press; Of The Trial By Jury Of The Vicinage In Civil And Criminal Cases; Of The Benefit Of The Writ Of Habeas Corpus; Of The Right To Keep And Bear Arms.... If These Rights Are Well Defined, And Secured Against Encroachment, It Is Impossible That Government Should Ever Degenerate Into Tyranny.