🇺🇸 On Leadership & Government
- “I shall be a faithful and devoted servant of the people.”
- “The duty of a public servant is to faithfully discharge the will of the people.”
- “It is the duty of the government to provide for the common defense and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.”
🧠 On Expansion & Ambition
- “The acquisition of new territory is not only a means of providing additional resources but also a measure of our national strength and expansion.”
- “The question of annexation of territory is one that must be settled by the will of the people and the Constitution.”
- “I am a firm believer in the expansion of the United States and in the fulfillment of our Manifest Destiny.”
💬 On Responsibility & Determination
- “The people are the rightful masters of the government and the government is but their servant.”
- “The highest duty of any government is to defend the interests and rights of its people.”
- “I trust in the judgment of the people, who will always seek to do what is right.”