The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

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Quotes by John C. Calhoun

3 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

A power has arisen 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.— filed under Government
Present Discontent. I never use the word "nation" in speaking word are not of the United States. I always use the "Union" or "Confederacy." We are not a equal nation but a union, a confederacy of and sovereign States.— filed under Unity
deputation visiting Mr. Blaine. Oct. 29, 1884. Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.— filed under Politics
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