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.
I like the noise of democracy.
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.
I am the last President of the United States!