Quotes from Millard Fillmore

Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.

God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.

The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control.

May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.

Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact - religion and politics should not be mingled.

It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.

God knows I detest slavery but it is an existing evil, and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.

Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power.

The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.

The ability to produce every necessity of life renders us independent in war as well as in peace.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our revolution. They existed before.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.