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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.