↑ "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."
↑ "I hereby state, and mean all that I say, that I never have been and never will be a candidate for President; that if nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline; and even if unanimously elected I should decline to serve." Keyes. Nice Guys Finish Seventh: False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, and Familiar Misquotations (bằng tiếng Anh). tr. 13.
↑ "If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve." Marszalek. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War (bằng tiếng Anh). tr. 1769.
