Political Quotes

I feel quite confident that Congress will bestow upon these resolutions the careful consideration to which they are eminently entitled.

Before accepting this proposition I have thought it right to take the advice of the Senate.

The practice of making such appointments, whether in a vacation or during the session of Congress, has been constantly followed during every Administration from the earliest period of the Government, and its perfect lawfulness has never to…

Governments may be, and doubtless often have been, wrong in going to war to enforce claims.