But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

Disunion by force is treason.

The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.

We must regain Texas, peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.

You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out.

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

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