I am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the Vault in less than three days after I am dead.... Tis well.

I go to the chair of government with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.

It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being. Religion is as necessary to reason, as reason is to religion.

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.

An ambassador has no need of spies; his character is always sacred.

My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon friendly terms with, but independent of, all the nations of the earth. To share in the broils of none. To fulfil our own engagements. To supply the wants, and be carriers for them all: Being thoroughly convinced that it is our policy and interest to do so.

The consciousness of having discharged that duty which we owe to our country is superior to all other considerations.