Phrase by 'John C. Calhoun'
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The strong should always permit the weak and aggrieved to talk, to bluster, and scold without taking offence; and if we had so acted, and exercised proper skill in the management of our affairs, Mexico and ourselves would, by this time, have quietly and peaceably settled all difficulties and been good friends.
Author: John C. Calhoun - American StatesmanTime , Friends , Good , Strong
The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.
Author: John C. Calhoun - American StatesmanNew , Fierce , Wild , Uncertainty
It is admitted on all sides that we must equalize the revenue and expenditures. The scheme of borrowing to make up an increasing deficit must, in the end, if continued, prove ruinous.
Author: John C. Calhoun - American StatesmanUp , End , Prove , Sides
I am in favor of high wages and agree that the higher the wages, the stronger the evidence of prosperity, provided (and that is the important point) they are so naturally, by the effectiveness of industry, and not in consequence of an inflated currency or any artificial regulation.
Author: John C. Calhoun - American StatesmanI Am , Important , High , Stronger
Without thinking or reflecting, we plunge into war, contract heavy debts, increase vastly the patronage of the Executive, and indulge in every species of extravagance, without thinking that we expose our liberty to hazard. It is a great and fatal mistake.
Author: John C. Calhoun - American StatesmanThinking , Great , War , Mistake
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.
Author: John C. Calhoun - American StatesmanPeople , Most , Government , Majority
There was no measure that required greater caution or more severe scrutiny than one to impose taxes or raise a loan, be the form what it may. I hold that government has no right to do either, except when the public service makes it imperiously necessary, and then only to the extent that it requires.
Author: John C. Calhoun - American StatesmanService , Government , Public Service
The country is filled with energetic and enterprising men, rendered desperate by being reduced from affluence to poverty through the vicissitudes of the times. They will give an impulse to smuggling unknown to the country heretofore.
Author: John C. Calhoun - American StatesmanWill , Men , Country , Poverty
Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.
Author: John C. Calhoun - American StatesmanYour , Build , Mistakes , Learn
Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.
Author: John C. Calhoun - American StatesmanWay , Patriotism , Greatness , Protection
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