Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God.

If the tide of defamation and abuse shall turn, and my administration come to be praised, future Vice-Presidents who may succeed to the Presidency may feel some slight encouragement to pursue an independent course.

When the happy era shall arrive for the emancipation of nations, hastened on as it will be by the example of America, shall they not resort to the Declaration of our Independence as the charter of their rights, and will not its author be hailed as the benefactor of the redeemed?

The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights.

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

I can never consent to being dictated to.