"The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it."

“Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken.”

“There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good temper, patience, order, courtesy, tact, self-reliance, many deference to superior officers, and many consideration for inferiors.”

“Honors to me now are not what they once were.”

“I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization.”

“Indiana was really, I suppose, a Democratic State. It has always been put down in the book as a state that might be carried by a close and careful and perfect organization and a great deal of— . I see reporters here, and therefore I will simply say that everybody showed a great deal of interest in the occasion, and distributed tracts and political documents all through the country.”

“The office of the Vice-President is a greater honor than I ever dreamed of attaining.”