The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place.

The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.

At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the right, or that a minority will have the force to subvert a government . . . . But theoretic reasoning in this, as in most other cases, must be qualified by the lessons of practice.

The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated.

Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and be able to set a due value on the means of preserving it.

It is to the press mankind are indebted for having dispelled the clouds which so long encompassed religion, for disclosing her genuine lustre, and disseminating her salutary doctrines.

A President is impeachable if he attempts to subvert the Constitution.