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John C. Calhoun Quotes
Brief author info: John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) American statesman, Vice President of the United States under John Q. Adams and Andrew Jackson (1825-1832).
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Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector.
We are not a nation, but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign states.
The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and the establishment of the new, constitutes a period of transition, which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.
In looking back, I see nothing to regret and little to correct.
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.
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