To err is nature, to rectify error is glory.

[L]eave nothing to the uncertainty of procuring a warlike apparatus at the moment of public danger.

In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate in its government, it bids fair to be one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.

To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

Let me live according to those holy rules which Thou hast this day prescribed in Thy Holy Word...direct me to the true object, Jesus Christ, the way, the truth, and the life. Bless, O Lord, all the people of this land.