John Tyler Quotes

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• Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time…
• I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.
• Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette-the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.
• Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for…
• The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of all previous precedent…
• If the tide of defamation and abuse shall turn, and my administration come to be praised, future Vice-Presidents who may succeed to the Presidency may…
• In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed…
• If we find ourselves increasing beyond example in numbers, in strength, in wealth, in knowledge, in everything which promotes human and social happiness, let us…
• So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.
• It was hard graft all the way and a good result in the end.
• The United States has adventured upon a great and noble experiment . . . of total separation of Church and State. . . . The…
• Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.
• I can never consent to being dictated to.
• At peace with all the world, the personal liberty of the citizen sacredly maintained and his rights secured under political institutions deriving all their authority…
• Everything dependent on human action is liable to abuse.
• We have continued reason to express our profound gratitude to the Great Creator of All Things for numberless benefits conferred upon us as a people.…
• The great truth that government was made for the people and not the people for government has already been established in the practice and by…
• Was there ever a clique of such unprincipled men? Their love of office is their controlling passion. In despite of them however we shall leave…

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