We must ever mandate the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny..

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure..

Although in our country the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in h….

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government..

Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President of the United States I recogni….

I cannot, whilst President of the United States, descend to enter into a newspaper controversy..

General Taylor is, I have no doubt, a well-meaning old man. He is, however, uneducated, exceedingly ignorant of public affairs, and I should judge, o….

If a man . . . would shake and not be shaken, grip and not be gripped, taking care always to squeeze the hand of his adversary as hard as it squeezed….

It is confidently believed that our system may be safely extended to the utmost bounds of our territorial limits..

Under the blessings of Divine Providence... It becomes us, in humility, to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, for ….

Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state..

All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise equality. All are….

No union exists between church and state, and perfect freedom of opinion is guaranteed to all sects and creeds..

With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses..

The gratitude ... should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy..

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world..

Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and of the Federal Government….

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure. If he entrusts the details and smaller matters to subordina….

There are four great measures for my administration - a reduction of tariff, an independent treasury, settlement of the Oregon boundary and acquisiti….

The Constitution itself, plainly written as it is, the safeguard of our federative compact, the offspring of concession and compromise, binding toget….

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government..