Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.