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.

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

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

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.

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.

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

The Presidency is not a bed of roses.