Author: John C. Calhoun

Quotes

True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances.

True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances.

- John C. Calhoun

War may be made by one party, but it requires two to make peace.

War may be made by one party, but it requires two to make peace.

- John C. Calhoun

It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.

It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.

- John C. Calhoun

I am a planter - a cotton planter. I am a Southern man and a slaveholder - a kind and a merciful one, I trust - and none the worse for being a slaveholder.

I am a planter - a cotton planter. I am a Southern man and a slaveholder - a kind and a merciful one, I trust - and none the worse for being a slaveholder.

- John C. Calhoun

We make a great mistake in supposing all people are capable of self-government.

We make a great mistake in supposing all people are capable of self-government.

- John C. Calhoun

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