James Monroe Quotes The best form of government is that

• From several of the Indian tribes inhabiting the country bordering on Lake Erie purchases have been made of lands on conditions very favorable to the United States, and, as it is presumed, not less so to the tribes themselves.
• "The American continents ... are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers." (From the Monroe Doctrine)
• "If America wants concessions, she must fight for them. We must purchase our power with our blood."
• "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 best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil."

                                                                                                                                      James Monroe