A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks.

Quote by John C Calhoun

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

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

It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.

It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the...

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the...

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.

Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.

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

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

The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but...

The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but...

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

The Liberals talk about a stable government but we don't know how bad the stable...

The Liberals talk about a stable government but we don't know how bad the stable...

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while...

The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

Why is it inflationary if the people keep their own money, and spend it the...

Why is it inflationary if the people keep their own money, and spend it the...

Because of our Congressional committee system, our government is closer to a gerontocracy than a...

Because of our Congressional committee system, our government is closer to a gerontocracy than a...

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a...

Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a...

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny;...

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny;...

A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of...

A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of...

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north...

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north...