It is confidently believed that our system may be safely extended to the utmost bounds of our territorial limits.

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.

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.

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

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

The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.

All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise equality. All are entitled to equal rights and equal protection.