John C. Calhoun Quotes

1782-1850, American Statesman
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“The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.”
Life and Living
“The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.”
VerifiedSpeech to the U.S. Senate (15 February 1833) · evidenceMajority