Of the two, I considered it more important to avoid a war with England about Oregon than a war with Mexico, important… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The day that the balance between the two sections of the country - the slaveholding States and the non-slaveholding States - is… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
When we contend, let us contend for all our rights - the doubtful and the certain, the unimportant and essential. It is… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
I hold it to be the most monstrous proposition ever uttered within the Senate that conquering a country like Mexico, the President… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
War, in our country, ought never to be resorted to but when it is clearly justifiable and necessary; so much so as… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Where wages command labor, as in the non-slaveholding States, there necessarily takes place between labor and capital a conflict, which leads, in… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
War may make us great, but let it never be forgotten that peace only can make us both great and free. — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The defence of human liberty against the aggressions of despotic power have been always the most efficient in States where domestic slavery… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
I am, on principle, opposed to war and in favor of peace because I regard peace as a positive good and war… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Without thinking or reflecting, we plunge into war, contract heavy debts, increase vastly the patronage of the Executive, and indulge in every… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
