Declare church and state forever separate and distinct; but each free within their proper spheres.

Jesse has a new dog. You may have noticed that his former pets have been peculiarly unfortunate. When this dog dies every employee in the White House will be at once discharged.

There are many men who would have done better than I did under the circumstances in which I found myself. If I had never held command, if I had fallen, there were 10,000 behind who would have followed the contest to the end and never surrendered the Union.

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

I suppose this work is part of the devil that is in us all.

I would like to call your attention to ... an evil that, if allowed to continue, will probably lead to great trouble ... It is the accumulation of vast amounts of untaxed church property.

Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.