KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

John C. Calhoun Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

Showing 61-70 of 87 Quotes by John C. Calhoun

Measures of policy are necessarily controlled by circumstances; and, consequently, what may be wise and expedient under certain circumstances might be eminently unwise and impolitic under different circumstances. To persist in acting in the same way under circumstances essentially different would be folly and obstinacy, and not consistency.

~John C. Calhoun

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I am utterly opposed to all equivocation or obscure expressions in our public acts. We are bound to say plainly what we mean to say. If we mean negotiation and compromise, let us say it distinctly and plainly instead of sending to the President a resolution on which he may put whatever interpretation he pleases.

~John C. Calhoun

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I am, on principle, opposed to war and in favor of peace because I regard peace as a positive good and war as a positive evil.

~John C. Calhoun

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The two great agents of the physical world have become subject to the will of man and have been made subservient to his wants and enjoyments; I allude to steam and electricity, under whatever name the latter may be called.

~John C. Calhoun

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I am aware how difficult is the task to preserve free institutions over so wide a space and so immense a population, but we are blessed with a Constitution admirably calculated to accomplish it. Its elastic power is unequaled, which is to be attributed to its federal character.

~John C. Calhoun

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


War may make us great, but let it never be forgotten that peace only can make us both great and free.

~John C. Calhoun

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a single inch from going directly at what I aim, and that is, the good of the country. I have always acted upon it, and I will always act upon it.

~John C. Calhoun

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


What we want, above all things on earth in our public men, is independence. It is one great defect in the character of the public men of America that there is that real want of independence; and, in this respect, a most marked contrast exists between public men in this country and in Great Britain.

~John C. Calhoun

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I would rather be an independent senator, governed by my own views, going for the good of the country, uncontrolled by any thing which mortal man can bring to bear upon me, than to be president of the United States, put there as presidents of the United States have been for many years past.

~John C. Calhoun

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Of the two, I considered it more important to avoid a war with England about Oregon than a war with Mexico, important as I thought it was to avoid that.

~John C. Calhoun

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Statesman

Born: March 18th, 1782

Died: March 31st, 1850

Links

Find John C. Calhoun on Amazon

Related Authors

Fisher Ames
Warren Christopher
Henry Clay
Henry Kissinger
Gouverneur Morris
Colin Powell
Morning Star
Daniel Webster
William Wirt
Anthony Zinni

Popular Authors

Woody Allen Bo Burnham Marie Curie Rene Descartes H. Jackson Brown, Jr. J. K. Rowling Henry David Thoreau William Wordsworth

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1938 - Kofi Annan

1947 - Robert Kiyosaki

1732 - David Rittenhouse

1859 - Edmund Husserl

1869 - Harvey Cushing

1888 - Dennis Chavez

1892 - Mary Pickford

1896 - E. Y. Harburg

1903 - Ilka Chase

1911 - Emil Cioran

Birthdays on April 8th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Amazing Communication Dreams Famous Good Inspirational Valentine's Day Women