Perpetuity is stamped upon the Constitution by the blood of our fathers.

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.

When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone - there are many, many other things to be considered.

Show Goodness Onto The World And The World Will Show Goodness Onto You.

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.

The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on grounds that have nothing to do with their social consequences.

Paradise is only for those who have already been there.

I cried at first, and then, it was such a beautiful day, that I forgot to be unhappy.

Either the translator leaves the author in peace, as much as is possible, and moves the reader towards him: or he leaves the reader in peace, as much as possible, and moves the author towards him.

In matters of faith, inconvenient evidence is always suppressed while contradictions go unnoticed.

You've got to dance like nobody's watching, and love like it's never going to hurt.

Question: Why is that MC's be wack And major labels wanna sign that crap? A-yo...funk that!