I could not do otherwise without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President and without feeling that I might in some degree disturb the security which religion nowadays enjoys in this country in its complete separation from the political concerns of the General Government.

I have always been afraid of banks.

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 only two things I can't give up; one is coffee and the other is tobacco.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.

The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.