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 A….

Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high….

Do they think that I am such a damned fool as to think myself fit for President of the United States? No, sir; I know what I am fit for. I can comman….

Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well. But when you get in debt you become a slave. T….

Free from public debt, at peace with all the world, and with no complicated interests to consult in our intercourse with foreign powers, the present ….

I do not promise to believe tomorrow exactly what I believe today, and I do not believe today exactly what I believed yesterday. I expect to make, as….

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

The bank...is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!.

Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions..

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….

In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another..

We must regain Texas, peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must..

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

War is a blessing compared with national degradation..

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

I am fearful that the paper system will ruin the state. Its demoralizing effects are already seen and spoken of everywhere. I therefore protest again….

Freemasonry is an institution calculated to benefit mankind..

Men do not get up and do mischief, without there is someone in the head of it..

From the earliest ages of history to the present day there never have been thirteen millions of people associated in one political body who enjoyed s….

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 enla….

Without union our independence and liberty would never have been achieved; without union they can never be maintained. Divided into twenty-four, or e….