Political Quotes

For the Executive to assume such a power would be to assume a power of the most dangerous character.

I have great pleasure in submitting to the Senate, for its ratification and approval, a treaty which has been concluded between Mr. Cushing, the United States commissioner, and the Chinese Empire.

The country itself, thus obtained, is of incalculable value in an agricultural and commercial point of view.

Texas herself wills it; and the Executive of the United States, concurring with her, has seen no sufficient reason to avoid the consummation of an act esteemed to be so desirable by both.