When the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

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.

No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

Enjoy how sweet how thoughtful how kind I'm being on your birthday. Because tomorrow it's back to the same old crap.

In the southern half of the country perhaps no crop has larger possibilities for quick increase of production of food for both men and animals than the sweet potato.

I don't think the tennis tour is the place to have friends

In the future, I want to have children.

Baloney fudging mustard!

Just as the habit does not make the monk, the sceptre does not make the king.

Prayer is the inheritance we receive and the legacy we leave.

Everyone connected to the internet acts globally. it is wildly foolish to think locally.

I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming.