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.

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 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...

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...

We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy...

We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish...

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical...

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical...

The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government...

The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government...

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured...

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

Good government is good politics.

Good government is good politics.