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I never know what South Caroli...

I never know what South Carolina thinks of a measure. I never consult her. I act to the best of my judgment, and according to my conscience. If she approves, well and good. If she does not, or wishes any one to take my place, I am ready to vacate. We are even.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

Beware the wrath of a patient ...

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

To maintain the ascendancy of ...

To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American] system must depend; unless that ascendancy can be preserved, the necessary consequence must be that the laws will supersede the Constitution; and, finally, the will of the Executive, by influence of its patronage, will supersede the laws . . .

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

Protection and patriotism are ...

Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

I never use the word 'nation...

I never use the word 'nation' in speaking of the United States.
I always use the word 'Union' or 'Confederacy.' We are not a
nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

The very essence of a free gov...

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 Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

It is federal, because it is t...

It is federal, because it is the government of States united in a political union, in contradistinction to a government of individuals, that is, by what is usually called, a social compact. To express it more concisely, it is federal and not national because it is the government of a community of States, and not the government of a single State or Nation.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

The Government of the absolute...

The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

The interval between the decay...

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

The Union next to our libertie...

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 Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

The defence of human liberty a...

The defence of human liberty against the aggressions of despotic power have been always the most efficient in States where domestic slavery was to prevail.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

A revolution in itself is not ...

A revolution in itself is not a blessing.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

In looking back, I see nothing...

In looking back, I see nothing to regret and little to correct.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

Learn from your mistakes and b...

Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

The surrender of life is nothi...

The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

The object of a Constitution i...

The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

Irresponsible power is inconsi...

Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

The interval between the decay...

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

Learn from your mistakes and b...

Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

It is harder to preserve than ...

It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.

John Caldwell Calhoun 43 quotes

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