He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the Government and the nation escaped the plots of the foreign financiers. They understood at once, that the United States would escape their grip. The death of Lincoln was resolved upon.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

My subject is my life, and my life is my subject.

Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.

Great men have great dogs.

God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.

We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.