John Tyler Quotes

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

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

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.

The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights.

I can never consent to being dictated to.

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.

Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same.

It was hard graft all the way and a good result in the end.

Liberty and equality are captivating sounds, but they often captivate to destroy.