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

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.

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

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

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 know you’re just a rag doll now, sewn together with memories that we might have had. I know you’re just the dream inside of a dream And don’t worry, I know I don’t know you, anymore.

The secret to a happy life is to run out of cash and air at the same time.

What gives Bach and Mozart a place apart is that these two great expressive composers never sacrificed form to expression.

As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing.

In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock.

The magnitude of a progress is gauged by the greatness of the sacrifice that it requires.

Don't tear up the page and start over again when you write a bad line-try to write your way out of it. Make mistakes and plunge on. Writing is a means of discovery, always.

The president is exempt from the conflict of interest rules that all other administrations must - administration officials must abide by.

I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.

Don't wait to buy land, Buy land and wait. Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they get there.