Quotes by John C. Calhoun

John C. Calhoun

[The taxing power of the state] divides the community into two great classes: one consisting of those who, in reality, pay the taxes and, of course, bear exclusively the burden of supporting the government; and the other, of those who are the recipients of their proceeds through disbursements,and who are, in fact, supported by the government; or, in fewer words, to divide it into tax-payers and tax-consumers. But the effect of this is to place them in antagonistic relations in reference to the fiscal action of the government and the entire course of policy therewith connected.

Class

Philosophy

Reality

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 held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in banks.

Government

People

Powerful

A revolution in itself is not a blessing.

Blessing

Revolution

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

Adversaries

Patient

Wrath

Democracy, as I understand it, requires me to sacrifice myself for the masses, not to them. Who knows not that if you would save the people, you must often oppose them?

People

Sacrifice

Understanding

Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which separates the power of the government and the liberty of the citizen or subject in the political state.

Government

Political

Safety

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

Abuse

Government

Tendencies

How can those who are invested with the power of government be prevented from the abuse of those powers as the means of aggrandizing themselves? … Without a strong constitution to counteract the strong tendency of government to disorder and abuse there can be little progress or improvement.

Government

Mean

Strong

I never know what South Carolina thinks of a measure. I never consult her. I act to the best of my judgment, and according to my conscience. If she approves, well and good. If she does not, or wishes any one to take my place, I am ready to vacate. We are even.

South Carolina

Thinking

Wish

I never use the word nation in speaking of the United States. I always use the word Union or Confederacy. We are not a nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.

United States

Unity

Use

Follow The Behaviour University in order to get the greatest quotes from the greatest people of all time so that you can tap into your own greatness.

Abuse

Adversaries

America

Benefits

Blessing

Broken

Civilization

Class

Color

Community

Confusion

Consistency

Constitution

Country

Democracy

Errors

Exercise

Facts

Feet

Freedom

Government

Inconsistent

Independent

Inferiority

Law

Learn From Your Mistakes

Liberty

Life

Littles

Loss

Majority

Mean

Mistake

Party

Patient

Peace

People

Philosophy

Political

Politics

Powerful

Property

Protection

Reality

Regret

Regret Nothing

Revolution

Rights

Sacrifice

Safety

The Future Blueprint

Tool

The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

Tool

The Autobiography

Tool

The Behaviour Diary

Tool

The Dating Diary

Tool

The Relationship Therapist

Tool

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

John C. Calhoun

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 held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in banks.

A revolution in itself is not a blessing.

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

Democracy, as I understand it, requires me to sacrifice myself for the masses, not to them. Who knows not that if you would save the people, you must often oppose them?

Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which separates the power of the government and the liberty of the citizen or subject in the political state.

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

How can those who are invested with the power of government be prevented from the abuse of those powers as the means of aggrandizing themselves? … Without a strong constitution to counteract the strong tendency of government to disorder and abuse there can be little progress or improvement.

I never know what South Carolina thinks of a measure. I never consult her. I act to the best of my judgment, and according to my conscience. If she approves, well and good. If she does not, or wishes any one to take my place, I am ready to vacate. We are even.

I never use the word nation in speaking of the United States. I always use the word Union or Confederacy. We are not a nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.

Get Social with TBU

Topics by John C. Calhoun

Popular Tools

The Future Blueprint

The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

The Autobiography

The Behaviour Diary

The Dating Diary

The Relationship Therapist

Menu

Menu