The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.

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.

Life must be live by faith rather than fear.

Just don't be afraid to be who you are and you will be successful.

By the time your training is complete, you'll come on command my defiant queen.

Self-education is one of the strongest pillars in the mind of every great person because it is an ongoing process that never ends.

If you can't lay an egg or milk a cow

It's the people who try to be clever who never are the people who are clever never think of trying to be.

And the more you become aware of the unknown self - if you become aware of it - the more you realize that it is inseparably connected with everything else that is.

I am a strong partisan of second causes, and I believe firmly that the entire gallinaceous order has been merely created to furnish our larders and our banquets.

Everyone grows old but not everyone grows up.

I'm lucky I have good metabolism and I'm very grateful for that.