The Presidency is not a bed of roses.

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

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.

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.

The Constitution itself, plainly written as it is, the safeguard of our federative compact, the offspring of concession and compromise, binding together in the bonds of peace and union this great and increasing family of free and independent States, will be the chart by which I shall be directed.

General Taylor is, I have no doubt, a well-meaning old man. He is, however, uneducated, exceedingly ignorant of public affairs, and I should judge, of very ordinary capacity.

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