May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.
Millard Fillmore
It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.
God knows I detest slavery but it is an existing evil, and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.
Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power.
Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.
