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• Generally the officers of the army were indifferent whether the annexation [of Texas] was consummated or no
  but not so all of them. For myself, I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation....
• In the full tide of successful experiment.
  -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) -- First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801...
• For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate error so long as reason is left free to combat it.
  -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) -- First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801...
• The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war.
  Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions....
• The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Maple City newspaper.
  "Twenty years ago Pine City established strict laws designed to limit the number of new buildings that could be constructed in the city....
• I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists.
  I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so....
• In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.
  I do not shrink from this responsibility -- I welcome it....
• I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.
  -- Ulysses S....
• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
  -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933...