James K. Polk People Quotations

Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States.

We must ever mandate the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny.

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.