No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.

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.

And then like a song we'd forgotten was even on the mix, you stepped into the house and my whole life.

In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate.

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

Pathmaker, there is no path; You make the path by walking, By walking you make the Path

Once journalists have been rifling through your dustbins, you do try and keep them at arms' length.

Life has abundant treasures, when your settings are on right.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

The steady state of disks is full.

The you in you isn't the you you think is in you.

You can tell a lot about yourself by how you go about things.