Political Quotes

The dispatch of Mr. Dallas being in the original, its return to the Department of State is requested.

It must be allowed that these precedents, so numerous and so long continued, are entitled to great respect, since we can scarcely suppose that the wise and eminent men by whom they were made could have been mistaken on a point which was brought to their attention so often.

It is manifest that if the power which this law gives had been withheld the public interest would frequently suffer very serious detriment.

I am one of those who will never despair of the Republic.