The Best Form Of Government Is That

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

The Great Increase Of Our Population Throughout The Union Will Alone Produce An Important Effect, And In No Quarter Will It Be So Sensibly Felt As In Those In Contemplation.

The Public Lands Are A Public Stock, Which Ought To Be Disposed Of To The Best Advantage For The Nation.

How Prone All Human Institutions Have Been To Decay; How Subject The Best-formed And Most Wisely Organized Governments Have Been To Lose Their Check And Totally Dissolve; How Difficult It Has Been For Mankind, In All Ages And Countries, To Preserve Their Dearest Rights And Best Privileges, Impelled As It Were By An Irresistible Fate Of Despotism.

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.