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

Do they think that I am such a damned fool as to think myself fit for President of the United States? No, sir; I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way, but I am not fit to be President.

The murderer only takes the life of the parent and leaves his character as a goodly heritage to his children, whilst the slanderer takes away his goodly reputation and leaves him a living monument to his children's disgrace.

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

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

The hydra of corruption is only scotched, not dead. An investigation kills and it and its supporters dead. Let this be had.

The mischief springs from the power which the monied interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges which they have succeeded in obtaining, and unless you become more watchful in your states and check this spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that the most important powers of government have been given or bartered away.