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

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

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.

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.

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

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.