I like the noise of democracy.

Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.

The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

I am the last President of the United States!

Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.

There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.

The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.

Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world.

All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had marked out for punishment are turned to my friends.

There are three ages of man: youth middle age and "Gee you look good."

Creativity is the work of your hands or the work of your tongue so you have to be careful what you say because it would cost you big time.

Wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense!

I feel really qualified to write about Australia.

I played golf... I did not get a hole in one, but I did hit a guy. That's way more satisfying.

One thing America hasn't had is good partnership.

The more people you know from different backgrounds, the more tolerant you feel of different ways of living, and the closer you feel to the issues that those people have.

At the end of the day, flirting is a pretty universal language. Americans are more direct. British people are more indirect about everything

I've never had a "hankering" to direct. I can perform, but I can't write on that level. I tend to go off on tangents. Directing also requires a kind of specificity and I don't have it.

Times of upheaval require not just more leadership but more leaders. People at all organizational levels, whether anointed or self-appointed, must be empowered to share leadership responsibilities.