Popular Governments Quotes by Franklin Pierce

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Franklin Pierce has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting…
• With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.
• I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their…
• You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me in your strength.
• The revenue of the country, levied almost insensibly to the taxpayer, goes on from year to year, increasing beyond either the interests…
• There is nothing left to do but get drunk.
• While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can untie in a…
• It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling…
• But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man's wisdom. It will not be sufficient that sectional prejudices find no…
• I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity.
• The founders of the Republic dealt with things as they were presented to them, in a spirit of self sacrificing Patriotism and…
• Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.

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