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

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

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.

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

In conclusion I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country. Let us invoke a continuance of the same protecting care which has led us from small beginnings to the eminence we this day occupy

The power given by the Constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto is a high conservative power; but in my opinion it should never be exercised except in cases of clear violation of the Constitution, or manifest haste and want of due consideration by Congress.

Stop your nonsense and drink your whiskey!