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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

i have a body and I am grateful, as I find it to be a very useful instrument for expressing love, strength, flexibility, gracebut, I am not my body...

Many have came before you and many will come after you, but none will ever be you. Some may even try to duplicate your characteristics, but they'll never succeed because you are unique.

So we got hold of him and cracked him with a few good horrorshow tolchocks, but he still went on singing.

Yes sir, the fish was left in place of the crystal ball. It's been bagged and tagged for analysis.”Great. Now we have another red herring on our hands.

This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.

Opportunities Don't Come Knocking On The Door. They Present Themselves When You Knock The Door Down!

I love the expression 'makes your skin crawl,' because when you have that sensation while you're watching something, it really does.

My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

My heroes are people like Picasso and Miro and people who at last really reach something in their old age, which they absolutely couldn't ever have done in their youth.