Under the blessings of Divine Providence... It becomes us, in humility, to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored.
James K. PolkOne great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.
James K. PolkWe must ever mandate the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny.
James K. Polk