1. “I thread in the footsteps of illustrious men, whose superiors it is our happiness to believe are not found on the executive calendar of any country.”
2. “Most men are scolded out of the opinion.”
3. “No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration”
4. “It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t.”
5. “It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t.”
6. “The less the government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.”
7. “As to presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.”
8. “The second, sober thought of the people is seldom wrong, and always efficient.”
9. “I shall tread in the footsteps of my illustrious predecessor.”
10. “If laws acting upon private interest can not be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the legislatures of the States.”
11. “The people under our system, like the king in a monarchy, never dies.”
12. “The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large.”
13. “In a government whose characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large.”
14. “We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions.”
15. “The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully obeyed by the public servant.”
