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.

The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.

We made a mistake, and you have to be responsible for your mistakes. If they feel the title shouldn’t be here at Burke, then it shouldn’t be here. I’m fine with that. You just have...

It is an infirmity of our nature to mingle our interests and prejudices with the operation of our reasoning powers, and attribute to the objects of our likes and dislikes qualities they do not possess...

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

The best thing for the Bank of Canada to do is to wait and see.