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

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.

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.

He is fiddling while Rome is burning, and, unlike the enormous majority of people who do this, fiddling with his face toward the flames.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

The basic condition of human life is happiness.

Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.

The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow.

Your questions are false if you already know the answer.

The great thing about improvisation is that it allows us to establish an uncensored form of theater. Freedom of speech is absolutely inherent to artistic expression.

Sometimes you don't want to believe everything you hear.

I think love is the core emotion. Without that, and I've certainly existed without that, it's a very empty life.

I don't do commissions and I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me to.