We Must Ever Mandate The Principle That

If A Man . . . Would Shake And Not Be Shaken, Grip And Not Be Gripped, Taking Care Always To Squeeze The Hand Of His Adversary As Hard As It Squeezed Him, Then He Suffered No Inconvenience From It.

The Constitution Itself, Plainly Written As It Is, The Safeguard Of Our Federative Compact, The Offspring Of Concession And Compromise, Binding Together In The Bonds Of Peace And Union This Great And Increasing Family Of Free And Independent States, Will Be The Chart By Which I Shall Be Directed.

Thank God, Under Our Constitution There Was No Connection Between Church And State, And That In My Action As President Of The United States I Recognized No Distinction Of Creeds In My Appointments Office.

Although In Our Country The Chief Magistrate Must Almost Of Necessity Be Chosen By A Party And Stand Pledged To Its Principles And Measures, Yet In His Official Action He Should Not Be The President Of A Part Only, But Of The Whole People Of The United States.

There Are Four Great Measures For My Administration - A Reduction Of Tariff, An Independent Treasury, Settlement Of The Oregon Boundary And Acquisition Of California.