Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority.

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

If a warden sees cigarette litter being thrown from a car, they will take the number and trace the owner to send them a fine.

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessings.

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 person and property, liberty of conscience, and of the press, it will be worth defending.

No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.

There are, perhaps, few men who can for any length of time enjoy office and power without being more or less under the influence of feelings unfavorable to the faithful discharge of their political duties.