Creative Quotations from . . . I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance. Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees.
And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. Sir, I would rather be right than be President. A man must be a born fool who voluntarily engages in controversy with Mr. Adams on a question of fact. I doubt whether he was ever mistaken in his life. Scroll down for sources of quotations and special search engines.