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Liberty Quotes by John C. Calhoun
- The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of 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 one mass, and…
- The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the compact, acting as…
- The defence of human liberty against the aggressions of despotic power have been always the most efficient in States where domestic slavery was to prevail.
- Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.
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