The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.

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.

Are you willing to follow [Christ] with a disciplined mind and tongue?

I got put into leadership roles very early in life from fifth grade, sixth grade. I always ended up being the quarterback or the leader of the sports teams, and it's kind of benefiting me now.

Get growing. Back yourself and make mistakes. It's your mistakes and observations that are your greatest tutors.

And I rose In rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days.

Oh the piercing sadness of life in the midst of its ordinariness!

How many people ask you to come share their life?

Art is obsolete now. New technologies are taking over.

I'm a tiger when I want love, but I'm a snake if we disagree.

There has yet to be a human to survive a span of history without at least one end of the world.

I never doubted at all. If you ever doubt then you are in trouble. I never thought: 'I should do this or that in case I don't make it.' I never had a back-up plan.