[The Bible] is the rock on which our Republic rests..

When the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in..

I have always been afraid of banks..

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 ….

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

When you get in debt you become a slave..

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 v….

After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun..

There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the o….

You are a den of vipers. I intend to rout you out and by the Eternal God I will rout you out. If the people only understood the rank injustice of our….

Temporize not! It is always injurious..

My political enemies I can freely forgive; but as for who abused me when I was serving my country in the field, and those who attacked me for serving….

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessings..

Being satisfied, from observation and experience, as well as from medical testimony, that ardent spirit as a drink is not only needless but hurtful; ….

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

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 pu….

There are only two things I can't give up; one is coffee and the other is tobacco..

Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven. I want to meet you all, white and black, in Heaven. Our Federal Union! It must be preserved! [Toas….

Disunion by force is treason..

I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted exp….

I say to you never involve yourself in debt, and become no man's surety..