I am the last President of the United States!

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

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

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

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

I have gone wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any of them.

There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.