The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.

All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had marked out for punishment are turned to my friends.

There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.

Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.

If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country.