All James Buchanan Quotes
- To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to… Alliance
- The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. Among
- If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed. Entering
- What is right and what is practicable are two different things. Different Things
- I like the noise of democracy. Democracy
- The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. Elicit
- No form of government, however admirable in itself and however productive of material benefits, can compensate for the loss of peace and domestic security around… Admirable
- Time is a great corrective. Political subjects which but a few years ago excited and exasperated the public mind have passed away and are now… Ago
- I have seldom met an intelligent person whose views were not narrowed and distorted by religion. Distorted
- It is the imperative and indispensable duty of the Government of the United States to secure to every resident inhabitant the free and independent expression… Accomplished
- I feel an humble confidence that the kind Providence which inspired our fathers with wisdom to frame the most perfect form of government and union… Been
- Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body. Abstract
- There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution. Constitution
- We must have Cuba; we can't do without Cuba... Cuba
- Prevent the American people from crossing the Rocky Mountains? You might as well command Niagara not to flow. We must fulfill our destiny. American
- Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world. Allowed
- Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war. Blood
- The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President. Disagreeable
- The remedy for this state of things can only be supplied by Congress, since the Constitution has confided to that body alone the power to… Alone
- I believe it to be a great political and a great moral evil. I thank God, my lot has been cast in a state where… Been