I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.

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.

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.

I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.

Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere.

It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands.

Time is a seedfield; in youth we sow it with causes; in after life we reap the harvest of effects.

Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a company.

Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.

All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you.

If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.