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.

Do they think that I am such a damned fool as to think myself fit for President of the United States? No, sir; I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way, but I am not fit to be President.

After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.

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

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

Free from public debt, at peace with all the world, and with no complicated interests to consult in our intercourse with foreign powers, the present may be hailed as the epoch in our history the most favorable for the settlement of those principles in our domestic policy which shall be best calculated to give stability to our Republic and secure the blessings of freedom to our citizens.

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