Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains...

Elevate those guns a little lower.

It looks like the worst have come back.

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy new motives for patriotic affection and support.

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

Never take counsel of your fears.

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

Disunion by force is treason.

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

Desperate courage makes One a majority.

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges… which are employed altogether for their benefit.

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and a friend to her foe

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

To the victors belong the spoils.

That book [Bible], sir, is the rock on which our republic rests.

It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word.

The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.

What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms, embellished with all the improvements which art...

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can’t think of at least two ways to spell any word.

I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.

As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of...

Oh, yeah. This is a very nice honor to be able to come here. Just the connection … 150 years of senators … this place has the original feel to it. It’s not your everyday...

The mischief springs from the power which the monied interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges which they have succeeded in obtaining…and...

We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the...

I do not forget that I am a mechanic. I am proud to own it. Neither do I forget that . . . the apostle Paul was a tentmaker; Socrates was a sculptor; and Archimedes...

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my...

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

This season has been full of rewards. The dinners and banquets just keep on coming. It’s great. We want to carry it on as long as we can.

One man with courage makes a majority.

If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields...

You are uneasy; you never sailed with me before, I see.

The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer… form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire...

Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me.

Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.

Our brief was to create an environment where people could feel comfortable shopping, dining, relaxing and meeting friends and it is wonderful that our design has been acknowledged in this way.

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong...

We wanted to be aggressive and physical on defense. We were very sharp.

Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that… the control over your dearest interests has passed into...

Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down.

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.

Both Anne and her art are really interesting. She has one of those personalities that jumps in your face and you instantly like her. She led us to her painting: an original of three little...

I have always been afraid of banks.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

A lot of people are concerned about what’s in these things because it says one thing and means another. You’ve really got to research it.

Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.

I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life.