"I am heartily rejoiced that my term is……" — James K. Polk
"I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign."
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James K. Polk
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29 Quotes by James K. Polk
James K. Polk has 29 quotes on this site.
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No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.
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I love you Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.
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Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President…
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Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.
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I cannot, whilst President of the United States, descend to enter into a newspaper controversy.
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Under the blessings of Divine Providence ... It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme…
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The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.
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The Presidency is not a bed of roses.
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If a man . . . would shake and not be shaken, grip and not be gripped, taking care always…
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With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses.
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Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and…
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There are four great measures for my administration - a reduction of tariff, an independent treasury, settlement of the Oregon…
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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let…
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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
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The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not…
— Honore de Balzac
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A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
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When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring,…
— David Brainerd
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Everything tends to make us believe that there exists a certain point of the mind at which life and death,…
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When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
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Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and…
— Eileen Caddy
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The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer.
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I wish your increase in holiness, number, love, religion, and righteousness; and wait you, and cease to contend with these…
— Donald Cargill
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When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.
— Thomas Carlyle
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on…
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