I use this occasion to repeat the assurance that so far as depends on me the laws shall be faithfully executed and all forcible opposition to them suppressed; and to this end I am prepared to exercise, whenever it may become necessary, the power constitutionally vested in me to the fullest extent.
Millard Fillmore: “I use this occasion to repeat the assurance that so far as depends on me the laws shall be faithfully executed and all…”
On the recordFebruary 18, 1851
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