Political Quotes

I must be permitted to disclaim entirely and unqualifiedly the right on the part of the Executive to make any real or supposed defects existing in any State constitution or form of government the pretext for a failure to enforce the laws…

I have to inform the House that the Executive did not deem it his duty to interfere with the naval and military forces of the United States

By adopting that measure the United States will be in the exercise of an undoubted right.

The negotiation failed, however, in this particular, out of no disinclination to abide by the terms of the treaty on the part of the Zollverein, but from a belief that it would not fully comport with its dignity to do so.