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.

Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God

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

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.