John Tyler

I can never consent to being dictated to.

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.

I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings.