Concentration Quote by Franklin Pierce

The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle…

— Robert Dale Owen

The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction

— Aristotle

“Quite often, people inaccurately comment about the villains of the South and the heroes of the North. Such statements cause bitter debates. Thus, it…

— Trevor P. Wardlaw

The only real danger to our country is from within, that we forget our own power to be what we want to be.

— Pearl S. Buck

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.

— Anonymous

“From the point of view of our present rulers, therefore, the only genuine dangers are the splitting-off of a new group of able, under-employed,…

— George Orwell

I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable fear of…

— Edward Snowden

Disunion and civil war are at hand; and yet I fear disunion and war less than compromise. We can recover from them. The free…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

There are few things more dangerous than a mixture of power, arrogance and incompetence.

— Bob Herbert

The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is threatened by…

— James Madison

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

“The Confederacy was on the wrong side of history and humanity. It sought to tear apart our nation and subjugate our fellow Americans to…

— Mitch Landrieu