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.

In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another.

There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.

People are my religion/Because I believe in them.

The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.

The President is the direct representative of the American people and is elected by the people and responsible to them.

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.