Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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James K Polk Quotes Click here for James K. Polk books Slavemaster President: The Double Career of James Polk "Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family." "By the theory of our Government majorities rule, but this right is not an arbitrary or unlimited one. It is a right to be exercised in subordination to the Constitution and in conformity to it." "Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our Government." "It becomes us, in humility, to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored." "Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state." "The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves." "No president who performs his duties faithfully and
conscientiously can have any leisure."
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