So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.

Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God.

I can never consent to being dictated to.

Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.