There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.

I am the last President of the United States!

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.

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

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

There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.

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.