The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation.

National honor is the national property of the highest value.

A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.

The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong.

If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy.

The payments which have been made into the Treasury show the very productive state of the public revenue.

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

From several of the Indian tribes inhabiting the country bordering on Lake Erie purchases have been made of lands on conditions very favorable to the United States, and, as it is presumed, not less so to the tribes themselves.

The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation.

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.

By these purchases the Indian title, with moderate reservations, has been extinguished to the whole of the land within the limits of the State of Ohio, and to a part of that in the Michigan Territory and of the State of Indiana.

Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete.

The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation.

In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence.

At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country.

By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry, artillery, and cavalry.

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination.

I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.

A king without power is an absurdity.

It is the knowledge that all men have weaknesses and that many have vices that makes government necessary.

It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be maintained.

The principles and passions of men are always the same and lead to the same result, varying only according to the circumstances in which they are placed.

The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues without any prospect of its speedy termination.

The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.

But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth.

Saddam Hussein has been tenacious in his pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and, unless he is removed from power, he will eventually harm our nation and our allies. Every moment we delay allows him to grow stronger.

As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.

We are a communicating nation which needs access to space, access to the seas.

While I recognize the great value and importance of prescription drugs and strongly support a continued U.S. focus on pharmaceutical research and development, our nation's seniors cannot be asked to subsidize the drug costs of other wealthy industrialized nations any longer.

Yesterday in this country we had people die of hunger and malnutrition. In some parts of this country, the infant mortality rate rivals that of sub-Saharan Africa. We have a public education system that ranks below that of almost any other Western nation.

What the F.D.I.C. does is to put the full faith and credit of the United States government behind every savings account in the nation, up to a limit that has changed over the years and stands now at $100,000.

This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.

It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes west of the Mississippi.

Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon.

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

How strange it is that murder has the sanction of law in one and only one of the human relationships, and that is the most important of all, that of nation to nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.

We would certainly welcome the recipient nation to put their inspectors on our shores, if they wanted to make that investment to help protect that shipment that is outgoing.

That co-operation and peace rather than industrial strife and strikes will best promote the prosperity of the employees the company and all of the people and even strengthen the nation.

From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally bestial theory of the nation. Man originally existed in a State of Nature of complete liberty.

Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste.