I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a… — 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
I am impressed with the belief that our naval force ought not to cost more in proportion than the British. In some… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
If not met promptly and decidedly, the two portions of the Union will gradually become thoroughly alienated, when no alternative will be… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Every increase of protective duties is necessarily followed, in the present condition of our country, by an expansion of the currency, which… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Be assured that, as certain as Congress transcends its assigned limits and usurps powers never conferred, or stretches those conferred beyond the… — 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 will not attempt to show that it would be a great evil to increase the patronage of the Executive. It is… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The country is filled with energetic and enterprising men, rendered desperate by being reduced from affluence to poverty through the vicissitudes of… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
So long as the Oregon question is left open, Mexico will calculate the chances of a rupture between us and Great Britain,… — 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
