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John C. Calhoun Quotes

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John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union: A Biography (Southern Biography)

"The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised."

"Protection and patriotism are reciprocal."

"The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party."

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

"It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty."

 

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