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James K. Polk Quotes: "No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure."

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



James K. Polk Quotes: "Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state."

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




James K. Polk Quotes: "We must ever mandate the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny."

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



James K. Polk Quotes: "One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights."

One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.




James K. Polk Quotes: "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 entitled to equal rights and equal protection."

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 entitled to equal rights and equal protection.



James K. Polk Quotes: "I cannot, whilst President of the United States, descend to enter into a newspaper controversy."

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



James K. Polk Quotes: "With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses."

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




James K. Polk Quotes: "It is confidently believed that our system may be safely extended to the utmost bounds of our territorial limits."

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



James K. Polk Quotes: "Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world."

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



James K. Polk Quotes: "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 him, then he suffered no inconvenience from it."

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 him, then he suffered no inconvenience from it.



James K. Polk Quotes: "The gratitude ... should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy."

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



James K. Polk Quotes: "Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression."

Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.




James K. Polk Quotes: "There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S."

There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.



James K. Polk Quotes: "The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government."

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



James K. Polk Quotes: "Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government."

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



James K. Polk Quotes: "Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good."

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.



James K. Polk Quotes: "No union exists between church and state, and perfect freedom of opinion is guaranteed to all sects and creeds."

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



James K. Polk Quotes: "The Presidency is not a bed of roses."

The Presidency is not a bed of roses.



James K. Polk Quotes: "I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign."

I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.



James K. Polk Quotes: "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, of very ordinary capacity."

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, of very ordinary capacity.



James K. Polk Quotes: "I love you Sarah. For all eternity, I love you."

I love you Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.



James K. Polk Quotes: "The whole frame of the Federal Constitution proves that the government which it creates was intended to be one of limited and specified powers."

The whole frame of the Federal Constitution proves that the government which it creates was intended to be one of limited and specified powers.



James K. Polk Quotes: "I cannot adequately express the horror I feel for a man who can be so base as to veil his hypocrisy under the cloak of religion, and state the base falsehood he has done."

I cannot adequately express the horror I feel for a man who can be so base as to veil his hypocrisy under the cloak of religion, and state the base falsehood he has done.