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

General Taylor is, I have no doubt, a well-meaning old man. He is, however, uneducated, exceedingly ignorant of public affairs, and I should judge, of very ordinary capacity.

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.

I love you Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.

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 union exists between church and state, and perfect freedom of opinion is guaranteed to all sects and creeds.

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.