Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.

Happy, thrice happy shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed any thing, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this stupendous fabri…

A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.

You will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to Mankind, had this d…

The President of the United States of necessity owes his election to office to the suffrage and zealous labors of a political party, the members of which cheri…

It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.

Notwithstanding a mendacious press; notwithstanding a subsidized gang of hirelings who have not ceased to traduce me, I have discharged all my official duties …