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John C Calhoun Quotes

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party Picture Quote #1
Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector Picture Quote #1
We have had so many years of prosperity, we have passed through so many difficulties and dangers without the loss of liberty - that we begin to think that we hold it by divine right from heaven itself ... It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty Picture Quote #1
The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the compact, acting as sovereign and independent communities Picture Quote #1
There never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other Picture Quote #1
The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the States, and distributing equally the benefits and burdens of the Union Picture Quote #1
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True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances, and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances Picture Quote #1
Democracy, as I understand it, requires me to sacrifice myself for the masses, not to them. Who knows not that if you would save the people, you must often oppose them? Picture Quote #1
Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector Picture Quote #1
The neighboring tribes are becoming daily less warlike, and more helpless and dependent on us … hey have, in a great measure, ceased to be an object of terror, and have become that of commiseration Picture Quote #1
Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers Picture Quote #1
A revolution in itself is not a blessing Picture Quote #1
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Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes Picture Quote #1
It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty Picture Quote #1
In looking back, I see nothing to regret and little to correct Picture Quote #1
Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it Picture Quote #1
We are not a nation, but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign states Picture Quote #1
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The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party  (John C Calhoun Quotes) Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector.  (John C Calhoun Quotes) We have had so many years of prosperity, we have passed through so many difficulties and dangers without the loss of liberty - that we begin to think that we hold it by divine right from heaven itself ... It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.  (John C Calhoun Quotes) The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the compact, acting as sovereign and independent communities.  (John C Calhoun Quotes) There never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other.  (John C Calhoun Quotes) The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the States, and distributing equally the benefits and burdens of the Union  (John C Calhoun Quotes) True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances, and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances  (John C Calhoun Quotes) Democracy, as I understand it, requires me to sacrifice myself for the masses, not to them. Who knows not that if you would save the people, you must often oppose them?  (John C Calhoun Quotes) Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector  (John C Calhoun Quotes) The neighboring tribes are becoming daily less warlike, and more helpless and dependent on us … hey have, in a great measure, ceased to be an object of terror, and have become that of commiseration  (John C Calhoun Quotes) Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers  (John C Calhoun Quotes) A revolution in itself is not a blessing  (John C Calhoun Quotes) Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes  (John C Calhoun Quotes) It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty  (John C Calhoun Quotes) In looking back, I see nothing to regret and little to correct  (John C Calhoun Quotes) Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it  (John C Calhoun Quotes) We are not a nation, but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign states  (John C Calhoun Quotes)