John C. Calhoun : (7)

" War may be made by one party, but it requires two to make peace. " - John C. Calhoun

" True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances. " - John C. Calhoun

" What people can excel our Northern and New England brethren in skill, invention, activity, energy, perseverance, and enterprise? " - John C. Calhoun

" Of the two, I considered it more important to avoid a war with England about Oregon than a war with Mexico, important as I thought it was to avoid that. " - John C. Calhoun

" In its exterior relations – abroad – this government is the sole and exclusive representative of the united majesty, sovereignty, and power of the States, constituting this great and glorious Union. To the rest of the world, we are one. Neither State nor State government is known beyond our borders. Within, it is different. " - John C. Calhoun

" A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks. " - John C. Calhoun

" It is no less the duty of the minority than a majority to endeavour to defend the country. " - John C. Calhoun