James K. Polk Quotes Well may the boldest fear

• "Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family."
• "Although in our country 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."
• "The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government. While the Chief Magistrate and the popular branch of Congress are elected for short terms by the suffrages of those millions who must in their own persons bear all the burdens and miseries of war, our Government can not be otherwise than pacific."
• “No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.”
• “Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...”

                                                                                                                James K. Polk Quotes