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.

This spirit of mob-law is becoming as great an evil as a servile war.

The brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.

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

The President is the direct representative of the American people and is elected by the people and responsible to them.

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.

When you get in debt you become a slave.