Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.

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.

Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world.

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.

The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President.

The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.

If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed.