John Sherman: “There ought to be a limit, and no man ought to have the power at pleasure to enlarge or contract that limit. . . .”

The life of a civilian is in what he says or writes, that of a soldier in what he does.

Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.

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.

Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.