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.

No union exists between church and state, and perfect freedom of opinion is guaranteed to all sects and creeds.

Although in our country the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a part only, but of the whole people of the United States.

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.

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

There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.

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.