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.

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.

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

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.

Freemasonry is an institution calculated to benefit mankind.

I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world.

Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.

Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.

The truth is, terrorism flourishes in places of injustice rather than in places of poverty.

I mean, why on earth (outside sickness and hangovers) aren't people continually drunk? I want ecstasy of the mind all the time.

I hope to work harder than ever to help people around the world.

Let it go. Let it roll right off your shoulder. Don't you know the hardest part is over?

You are not your body. You are actually an extension of the power that created the whole universe.

I'm unhappy. I don't want to fall in love with you. It'll hurt far too much when it's over

You don’t have to be special, you just have to be kind.