James Buchanan actually said...

"The lawfulness of the practice rests upon the exigencies of the public service; which require that the movements of the Government shall not be arrested by an accidental vacancy in one of the Departme..."

"It has rendered us prosperous in peace and triumphant in war."

"Under its shadow American citizens have found protection and respect in all lands beneath the sun."

"The Union is a sacred trust left by our Revolutionary fathers to their descendants, and never did any other people inherit so rich a legacy."