There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

If congress has the right under the Constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to use themselves, not to be delegated to individuals or corporations.

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

I could not do otherwise without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President and without feeling that I might in some degree disturb the security which religion nowadays enjoys in this country in its complete separation from the political concerns of the General Government.

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.

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and a friend to her foe

Desperate courage makes One a majority.