James Monroe Quotes
Yes, but I am afraid he well get us into some quarrel.
James Monroe, 1758-1831, 5th President of the United States (Democratic Republican, VA), Response to question of whether he would appoint Andrew Jackson to a foreign post
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Responding to reporter’s question about colatteral enviornmental damage from the result of bombing and fires.
James Monroe was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was the last president of the Virginia dynasty; his presidency coincided with the Era of Good Feelings. He is perhaps best known for issuing the Monroe Doctrine, a policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas. He also served as the governor of Virginia, a member of the United States Senate, the U.S. ambassador to France and Britain, the seventh Secretary of State, and the eighth Secretary of War.