Men do not get up and do mischief, without there is someone in the head of it.

There goes a man made by the Lord Almighty and not by his tailor.

From his proceedings in Congress, he appears demented, and his actings and doings inspire my pity more than anger.

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

Perpetuity is stamped upon the Constitution by the blood of our fathers.

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.

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.