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> [“And I loved the mountains, loved 'em like my own life. Nothing in the world could compare to a huge sky miles from any hint of civilization. Reminded me of sex...the openness of it, the forgetting yourself in the moments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/and-i-loved-the-mountains-loved-em-like-my-own-life-nothing-in-the/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

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## More by James Buchanan

> [“My momma always said bossy was good for a deputy and bad for everything else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/my-momma-always-said-bossy-was-good-for-a-deputy-and-bad-for/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/the-test-of-leadership-is-not-to-put-greatness-into-humanity-but-to/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [I like the noise of democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/i-like-the-noise-of-democracy/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [“Fuck, he couldn’t. But Brandon knew that he’d never forgive himself if he didn’t do everything in his power. Even if it failed, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/fuck-he-couldn-t-but-brandon-knew-that-he-d-never-forgive-himself-if/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [“I couldn't move. Never been hit by anything that powerful. Overwhelmed. Lost. Falling. My chest heaved. I shook. I pulled Kabe hard against me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/i-couldn-t-move-never-been-hit-by-anything-that-powerful-overwhelmed/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/the-government-of-the-united-states-possesses-no-power-whatever-over/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [The Constitution...expressly recognizes the right to hold slaves as property in states where slavery exists. This, then, is not a question of general morality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/the-constitution-expressly-recognizes-the-right-to-hold-slaves-as/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/abstract-propositions-should-never-be-discussed-by-a-legislative-body/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/liberty-must-be-allowed-to-work-out-its-natural-results-and-these/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [I believe it to be a great political and a great moral evil. I thank God, my lot has been cast in a state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/i-believe-it-to-be-a-great-political-and-a-great-moral-evil-i-thank/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [The course of events is so rapidly hastening forward that the emergency may soon arise when you may be called upon to decide the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/the-course-of-events-is-so-rapidly-hastening-forward-that-the/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [“We'd gone at it like jackrabbits the night before...hard and fast. This felt nine kinds of different. Relaxed, familiar, comfortable-scared me to my bones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/we-d-gone-at-it-like-jackrabbits-the-night-before-hard-and-fast-this/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/the-storm-of-frenzy-and-faction-must-inevitably-dash-itself-in-vain/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [Prevent the American people from crossing the Rocky Mountains? You might as well command Niagara not to flow. We must fulfill our destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/prevent-the-american-people-from-crossing-the-rocky-mountains-you/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

> [“I know you, you believe that God tests people and you have to have faith that things are going according to His plan.." "God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/i-know-you-you-believe-that-god-tests-people-and-you-have-to-have/)

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