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

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


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



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



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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.

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



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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.

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



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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.

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.

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.

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.





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