The history of human conduct does not warrant that exalted opinion of human virtue which would make it wise in a nation to commit interests of so delicate and momentous a kind as those which concern its intercourse with the rest of the world to the sole disposal of a magistrate, created and circumstanced, as would be a President of the United States.

There are men who could neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of their duty; but this stern virtue is the growth of few soils; and in the main it will…

The system, though it may not be perfect in every part, is, upon the whole, a good one; is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country wil…

The Courts must declare the sense of the law; and if they should be disposed to exercise will instead of judgement; the consequences would be the substitution …

To the president the Democrats should be saying, Double or Nothing is Not a Foreign Policy. The great bulk of the public doesn't believe this president any mor…

We need to send a message to terrorists that there is going to be a price to pay. If you mess with the United States and kill our citizens, there will be a ser…

I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information. If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it.