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Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state.

— James K. Polk

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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.

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.

With me it is emphatically true that the presidency is "no bed of roses."

I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government myself rather than entrust the public business to subordinates, and this makes my duties very great.

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our Government.

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