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I can with truth say mine is a situation of dignified slavery.
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The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.
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The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.
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Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions.
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No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.
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John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.
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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
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In general, the great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.
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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
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The President is the direct representative of the American people and is elected by the people and responsible to them.
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On his deathbed, when asked if he had left anything undone:
I didn't shoot Henry Clay, and I didn't hang John C. Calhoun.
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The decision of the Supreme court has fell still born, and they find that it cannot coerce Georgia to yield to its mandate.
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The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country, than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.
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Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
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In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another.
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Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high importance.
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It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.
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But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.
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The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his Government, deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and friend to her foe.
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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
John Betjeman
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Born:
March 15, 1767
Died:
June 8, 1845
(aged 78)
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