"I am a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief."

"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the Divinity its…"

"The public good is the sole object of government."

"I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man."

"Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government."