Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.

If a man . . . would shake and not be shaken, grip and not be gripped, taking care always to squeeze the hand of his adversary as hard as it squeezed him, then he suffered no inconvenience from it.

I cannot, whilst President of the United States, descend to enter into a newspaper controversy.

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.

The Presidency is not a bed of roses.

When I observed a strong man approaching I generally took advantage of him by being a little quicker than he was and seizing him by the tip of the fingers, giving him a hearty shake, and thus preventing him from getting a full grip upon me.

Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.