I am the last President of the United States!

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

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.

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

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

Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.

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