There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of the Union. Should such an event ever happen, which I fervently pray God to avert, from that date I view...

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with...

In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more...

If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be...

Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that... the control over your dearest...

As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty...

We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the...

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.

I have always been afraid of banks.

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

One man with courage makes a majority.

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he...

Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.