Desperate courage makes One a majority.

I say to you never involve yourself in debt, and become no man's surety.

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

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.

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.

The Supreme Court has made its decision, now let them enforce it.

The bank...is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!