I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.

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.

Oh, yeah, that goatee is really unattractive. That definitely belongs on a much fatter man.

Helpless, I clenched my fists against my back, well aware that every mile, every minute that ticked by, took me ever farther from getting to them in time and closer to losing the red dragon forever.

Let us take our tongues and stick them out and waggle them in the wind. Let us walk, loving, let us walk and love, walking along, loving.

BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters - the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably; a kind, therefore, much affected by those who cannot acceptably write any kind.

Life is still life, whatever its pangs; our eyes and ears and their use remain with us, though the prospect of what pleases be wholly withdrawn, and the sound of what consoles must be silenced.

Dying is easy; it's living that's difficult.

On this important anniversary, we must remember that while we have come a long way in eliminating barriers, critical work remains to ensure all Americans can live up to their full potential.

Why we play as children is not because it is our work or because it is how we learn, though both statements are true; we play because we are wired for joy, it is imperative as human beings.

One thing you can't miss in your suitcase is a hat.

Evil is so seductive. It needs to grind you up and make you its slave.