John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

When you get in debt you become a slave.

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

Freemasonry is an institution calculated to benefit mankind.

Positive spirit, positive strength.

The Bible's message is that you matter to God. Our response is that God should matter to us.

Stuffed cats are able to creep more convincingly than live ones.

I may die of earthly love, or of devotion.

Villains!' I shrieked. 'Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the planks! Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart!

Any man can learn anything he will, but no man can teach except to those who want to learn.

I can remember every outfit I wore to every party going back to 1983.

After you eat a Hot Pocket, Everything will taste like rubber for a month!

Christianity is not engrossed by this transitory world, but measures all things by the thought of eternity.

There is nothing more difficult than simplicity, and therefore, nothing more refined.