Tortured For The Republic.

The Prosperity Which Now Prevails Is Without Parallel In Our History. Fruitful Seasons Have Done Much To Secure It, But They Have Not Done All. The Preservation Of The Public Credit And The Resumption Of Specie Payments, So Successfully Attained By The Administration Of My Predecessors, Have Enabled Our People To Secure The Blessings Which The Seasons Brought.

I Believe In God, And I Trust Myself In His Hands.

Great Ideas Travel Slowly, And For A Time Noiselessly, As The Gods Whose Feet Were Shod With Wool.

The Possession Of Great Powers No Doubt Carries With It A Comtempt For Mere External Show

A Brave Man Is A Man Who Dares To Look The Devil In The Face And Tell Him He Is A Devil.