One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.

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.

We must ever mandate the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny.

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.

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

Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President of the United States I recognized no distinction of creeds in my appointments office.

The Presidency is not a bed of roses.