We make a great mistake in supposing all people are capable of self-government. — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The will of a majority is the will of a rabble. Progressive democracy is incompatable with liberty. — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action. — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals. — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector. — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
A difference must be made between a decision against the constitutionality of a law of Congress and of a State. The former… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests, combined in… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Restore, without delay, the equilibrium between revenue and expenditures, which has done so much to destroy our credit and derange the whole… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
We ought not to forget that the government, through all its departments, judicial as well as others, is administered by delegated and… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Our government is deeply disordered; its credit is impaired; its debt increasing; its expenditures extravagant and wasteful; its disbursements without efficient accountability;… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
When the period arrives - come when it may - that this government will be compelled to resort to internal taxes for… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
How can this full, perfect, just and supreme voice of the people, embodied in the Constitution, be brought to bear, habitually and… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Let a durable and firm peace be established and this government be confined rigidly to the few great objects for which it… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
How can those who are invested with the power of government be prevented from the abuse of those powers as the means… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
[The taxing power of the state] divides the community into two great classes: one consisting of those who, in reality, pay the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states,… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
It is federal, because it is the government of States united in a political union, in contradistinction to a government of individuals,… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
In its exterior relations - abroad - this government is the sole and exclusive representative of the united majesty, sovereignty, and power… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
There is no direct and immediate connection between the individual citizens of a state and the general government. The relation between them… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
There was no measure that required greater caution or more severe scrutiny than one to impose taxes or raise a loan, be… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
England has not wholly escaped the curse which must ever befall a free government which holds extensive provinces in subjection; for, although… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Stripped of all its covering, the naked question is, whether ours is a federal or consolidated government; a constitutional or absolute one;… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
It is a remarkable fact in the political history of man that there is scarcely an instance of a free constitutional government… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
Of the two, I considered it more important to avoid a war with England about Oregon than a war with Mexico, important as I… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the compact, acting… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
There is not an example on record of any free state holding a province of the same extent and population without disastrous consequences. The… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
It is a remarkable fact in the political history of man that there is scarcely an instance of a free constitutional government which has… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
“Nothing is more difficult than to equalize the action of the government in reference to the various and diversified interests of the community; and… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
I am not one of those who believe that we are bound to vote supplies to cover a deficiency in the treasury whenever called… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
It has been lately urged in a very respectable quarter that it is the mission of this country to spread civil and religious liberty… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
Let a durable and firm peace be established and this government be confined rigidly to the few great objects for which it was instituted,… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
Once established with Great Britain, it would not be difficult, with moderation and prudence, to establish permanent peace with the rest of the world,… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
I take higher ground. I hold that in the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
Remember, it is a deep principle of our nature not to regard the safety of those who do not regard their own. If you… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share
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