In The Words Of Our Presidents -- James Monroe

"Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will."

"The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil."
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James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth (1817–1825) President of the United States and author of the eponymous Monroe Doctrine. Monroe's Presidency was marked by a disappearance of partisan politics, after the politically charged War of 1812, and came to be known as the Era of Good Feelings. Monroe was a major politician of the First Party System; ironically, the Republican party almost withered away during his presidency.

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