The Presidency Is Not A Bed Of

Minorities Have A Right To Appeal To The Constitution As A Shield Against Such Oppression.

There Are Four Great Measures For My Administration - A Reduction Of Tariff, An Independent Treasury, Settlement Of The Oregon Boundary And Acquisition Of California.

If A Man . . . Would Shake And Not Be Shaken, Grip And Not Be Gripped, Taking Care Always To Squeeze The Hand Of His Adversary As Hard As It Squeezed Him, Then He Suffered No Inconvenience From It.

No President Who Performs His Duties Faithfully And Conscientiously Can Have Any Leisure. If He Entrusts The Details And Smaller Matters To Subordinates Constant Errors Will Occur. I Prefer To Supervise The Whole Operations Of The Government Myself Rather Than Entrust The Public Business To Subordinates, And This Makes My Duties Very Great.

Foreign Powers Do Not Seem To Appreciate The True Character Of Our Government.