James Monroe

American president
(1758-1831)

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.



The American continents ... are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers. (From the Monroe Doctrine) {Or Islamic powers....African powers....Mexican powers.....Pick your powers.....}

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