John C. Calhoun Quotes

Without thinking or reflecting, we plunge into war, contract heavy debts, increase vastly the patronage of the Executive, and indulge in every species of extravagance, without thinking that we expose our liberty to hazard. It is a great and fatal mistake.

John C. Calhoun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 18, 1782 - March 31, 1850

Topics

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The one thing I've always tried to do in my life, in my work, on TV, is I just keep it real. I find it hard and time-consuming to try to be fake.

Ana Navarro

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You have to start with slavery because those abuses have never been eradicated. You know, people are not living in slums because they voted to. You know, their children are not in jail because they wanted them to. You know, these are the results of a people who have been oppressed and suffer national oppression, you know.

Amiri Baraka

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I enjoy seeing people have fun.

Roberto Cavalli

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People are still being put into geriatric wards when they don't need it. They need treatment, not just being put into bed and fed.

Ruth Rendell

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The furthest I can see is me being 60.

Lukas Forchhammer

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They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Joseph Conrad

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Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Don Marquis

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I'm not witty.

Claire Denis

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If I dabble in too many things and don't focus on channelizing my energy into one thing, I might mess it up.

Arjun Kapoor

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Mother's Day celebrates a huge lie about the value of women: that mothers are superior beings, that they have done more with their lives and chosen a more difficult path.

Anne Lamott

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The name of Peru was not known to the natives.

William Prescott

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In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack with me.

Portia de Rossi

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