John Sherman: “Now, you all know that the money in circulation in the United States--all of it--is good, good as gold.”

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.

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

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.

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