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The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals.
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John C. Calhoun
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Born:
March 18, 1782
Died:
March 31, 1850
(aged 68)
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John Caldwell Calhoun was an American politician and political theorist during the first half of the 19th century.
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A Disquisition on Government
The papers of John C. Calhoun (1801)
Union and liberty
The essential Calhoun
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