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6954. PRINCIPLES, Adherence to.—[further continued].

On taking this station
[Presidency] on a former occasion, I declared
the principles on which I believed it
my duty to administer the affairs of our commonwealth.
My conscience tells me that I
have, on every occasion, acted up to that declaration,
according to its obvious import, and
to the understanding of every candid mind.—
Second Inaugural Address. Washington ed. viii, 40. Ford ed., viii, 342.
(1805)