Whenever I indulge my sense of humor, it gets me into trouble.

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

Despotism has forever had a powerful hold upon the world. Autocratic government, not self-government, has been the prevailing state of mankind. The record of past history is the record, not of the success of republics, but of their failure.

The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of the law for the virtues of men.

One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.

Nobody will ever forget what I've accomplished.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.