The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

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.

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

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

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