The Most Confident Critics Are Generally Those

All Secret Oath-bound Political Parties Are Dangerous To Any Nation, No Matter How Pure Or How Patriotic The Motives And Principles Which First Bring Them Together.

It Is Preposterous To Suppose That The People Of One Generation Can Lay Down The Best And Only Rules Of Government For All Who Are To Come After Them, And Under Unforeseen Contingencies.

Venice Would Be A Fine City If It Were Only Drained.

If You See The President, Tell Him From Me That Whatever Happens There Will Be No Turning Back.

Generally The Officers Of The Army Were Indifferent Whether The Annexation [of Texas] Was Consummated Or Not; But Not So All Of Them. For Myself, I Was Bitterly Opposed To The Measure, And To This Day Regard The War, Which Resulted, As One Of The Most Unjust Ever Waged By A Stronger Against A Weaker Nation. It Was An Instance Of A Republic Following The Bad Example Of European Monarchies, In Not Considering Justice In Their Desire To Acquire Additional Territory.