Talk:James Buchanan

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• Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.

• I have no regret for any public act of my life, and history will vindicate my memory.

• I like the noise of democracy.
  • Said to his mother

• Prevent the American people from crossing the Rocky Mountains? You might as well command Niagara not to flow. We must fulfill our destiny.

• The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

• The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President.

• The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

• There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.

• To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.