The truth is that in my present life I don't remember that I ever was president.

We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.

The Government is able to afford a suitable army and a suitable navy. It may maintain them without the slightest danger to the Republic or the cause of free institutions, and fear of additional taxation ought not to change a proper policy in this regard.

Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office.

I know this, and I know it from actual experience in the Orient, that the progress of modern Christian civilization has largely depended on the earnest hard work of the Christian missions of every denomination.

The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.

One cannot always be sure of the truth of what one hears if he happens to be President of the United States.