A Man's Diary Is A Record In

The Four Most Miserable Years Of My Life Were My Four Years In The Presidency.

The Great Problem Of Legislation Is, So To Organize The Civil Government Of A Community... That In The Operation Of Human Institutions Upon Social Action, Self-love And Social May Be Made The Same.

I Am A Warrior, So That My Son May Be A Merchant, So That His Son May Be A Poet.

I Want The Seals Of Power And Place, The Ensigns Of Command, Charged By The People's Unbought Grace, To Rule My Native Land. Nor Crown, Nor Scepter Would I Ask But From My Country's Will, By Day, By Night, To Ply The Task Her Cup Of Bliss To Fill.

And May That Being Who Is Supreme Over All, The Patron Of Order, The Fountain Of Justice, And The Protector, In All Ages Of The World, Of Virtuous Liberty, Continue His Blessing Upon This Nation And Its Government, And Give It All Possible Success And Duration, Consistent With The Ends Of His Providence.