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John Tyler Quotes

Total quotes: 13
“Let it, then, 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.”
— John Tyler, Funeral oration for Thomas Jefferson
Tagged: Conscience, Free, Religion, Opinion, God, Belief
“I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.”
— John Tyler
Tagged: Government, Freedom, Liberty, Strong
“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.”
— John Tyler, Message to the House
Tagged: Popularity, Coquette, Woo, 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.”
— John Tyler, First annual message to Congress
Tagged: Government, Good Will, Friendship, nation
“Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.”
— John Tyler, First annual message to Congress
Tagged: Wealth, Frugality, Savings, earnings, Industry
“Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same.”
— John Tyler
Tagged: Horse, grave, Loyalty, Service, Gratitude
“Patronage is the sword and cannon by which war may be made on the liberty of the human race.”
— John Tyler, Speech in Congress against the policies of Andrew Jackson
Tagged: Patronage, War, human race, weapon, Liberty
“Everything dependent on human action is liable to abuse.”
— John Tyler
Tagged: human, actions, Dependence, Abuse
“There will be found to exist at all times an imperious necessity for restraining all the functionaries of the Government within the range of their respective powers thereby preserving a just balance between the powers granted to this Government and those reserved to the States and to the people.”
— John Tyler
Tagged: Free Government, function, Power, Balance
“In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed of thorns. I now leave that bed which has afforded me little rest, and eagerly seek repose in the quiet enjoyments of rural life.”
— John Tyler, Farewell Remarks
Tagged: Service, Leadership, Retirement, Farewell
“The great truth that government was made for the people and not the people for government has already been established in the practice and by the example of these United States, and we can do no other than contemplate its further exemplification by a sister republic with the deepest interest.”
— John Tyler
Tagged: Truth, Government, practice
“It was hard graft all the way and a good result in the end.”
— John Tyler
Tagged: Result, outcome, Ending, Hard Work
“The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of all previous precedent - that of total separation of Church and State. No religious establishment by law exists among us. The conscience is left free from all restraint and each is permitted to worship his Maker after his own judgement.”
— John Tyler
Tagged: Religion, Law, separation, Church and State
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