I have no private purpose to accomplish, no party objectives to build up, no enemies to punish-nothing to serve but my country.

For more than half a century, during which kingdoms and empires have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken. The patriots who formed it have long since descended to the grave; yet still it remains, the proudest monument to their memory. . .

I regret nothing, but I am sorry that I am about to leave my friends.

I have no private purpose to accomplish, no party objectives to build up, no enemies to punish-nothing to serve but my country.

My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be avoided if compatible with national honor.

The only ground of hope for the continuance of our free institutions is in the proper moral and religious training of the children, that they may be prepared to discharge aright the duties of men and citizens.

I would not be the mere President of a Party. I feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.