I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.

Give me a thousand Tennesseans, and I'll whip any other thousand men on the globe!

I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn't have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.

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.

Too much praise cannot be bestowed on those who managed my artillery.

I find virtue to be found amongst the farmers of the country alone, not about courts, where courtiers dwell.

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.