John Sherman: “If we can keep our own gold and silver from going abroad, it is more than I want.”

What I have written is no doubt clouded with partisanship, but I would not be honest if I did not express my attachment to my party.

The events of the future are beyond the vision of mankind, but I hope our people will be content with internal growth, and avoid the complications of foreign acquisitions.

Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.

During forty years of public life, though many able men have aspired to the office I hold, the people of Ohio, through their general assembly, have preferred me to represent them.