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Stripped of all its covering, the naked question is, whether ours is a federal or consolidated government; a constitutional or absolute one; a government resting…

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The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and…
The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which…
The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the…
It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.
A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests, combined in…
The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the…
The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and…
[The taxing power of the state] divides the community into two great classes: one consisting of those who, in reality, pay the…

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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
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