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I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign. — James K. Polk

adult's role is to "teach children limits with love or the world will teach them without it. — Paula Polk Lillard

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world. — James K. Polk

The gratitude ... should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy. — James K. Polk

Life imitates art and art imitates life until both imitate imitation - Reality TV. — Brian Spellman

I love you Sarah. For all eternity, I love you. — James K. Polk

If AC voltage drops below 105-volts or goes above 130-volts you should turn electronic equipment and appliances off until the power is restored. — Mark Polk

There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S. — James K. Polk

No union exists between church and state, and perfect freedom of opinion is guaranteed to all sects and creeds. — James K. Polk

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

It is confidently believed that our system may be safely extended to the utmost bounds of our territorial limits ... — James K. Polk

I cannot, whilst President of the United States, descend to enter into a newspaper controversy. — James K. Polk

One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. — James K. Polk

The child must be given activities that encourage independence, and he must not be served by others in acts he can learn to perform himself. — Paula Polk Lillard

The menu is not the meal. — Alan W. Watts

No age is compelled to take its beauty from preceding epochs. — Willis Polk

A novel in which the reader will ask many questions concerning Mayan antiquity. — Peter J. Wetzelaer

I don't wish to not be a woman, but I'd certainly like to be a woman whose sense of purpose comes from within. — Chiyo Uno

Although most Americans believed in Manifest Destiny, few could agree on exactly which lands the United States was supposed to govern. — Charles W. Carey Jr.

You could never get everything in a book. Good books are always about everything. — Andrew Smith

Mr. Tyler acquired Texas by voluntary compact, and Mr. Polk California and New Mexico by successful war. — Robert Toombs

To form our taste, we must neither depreciate nor imitate, but we should understand and originate. — Willis Polk

Before I was 20, I was the leading architect of the Southwest. — Willis Polk

It's impossible to know everything about everything but the real pleasure lies in knowing something about everything — Anubhav Mishra

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure. — James K. Polk

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government. — James K. Polk

In city planning, there is no limit to be fixed. — Willis Polk

The Presidency is not a bed of roses. — James K. Polk

The child doesn't just live in his environment, it becomes a part of him. — Paula Polk Lillard

With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses. — James K. Polk

I'm a huge horror movie fan. Beyond belief. — Abigail Breslin

Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state. — James K. Polk

I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us. — Dave Ramsey

We all came in on different ships, but we're all in the same boat now — Martin Luther King Jr.

God can take the ashes of your life and exchange them for beauty — Sharon Polk

Tequila doesn't ask you to talk about your problems. Tequila and I have always gotten along. — Kimberly Lauren

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government. — James K. Polk

Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression. — James K. Polk

I just miss - I miss being anonymous. — Barack Obama

I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast ... — Abraham Cowley

And then he got all religious on her. Very quickly.
- The Piper's Son — Melina Marchetta