John C. Calhoun Quotes

A difference must be made between a decision against the constitutionality of a law of Congress and of a State. The former acts as a restriction on the powers of this government, but the latter as an enlargement.

John C. Calhoun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DecisionGovernmentLawCongress

If someone said, 'Sit down and write a 'Community' episode,' I would be panicked.

Jim Rash

CommunitySomeoneDownSaidWrite

When I have sat at home with this God-given talent for music for a long time, somebody approaches me out of the blue and asks me to play for them. It's almost as though there's a force somewhere which is saying 'no sittin' around, out you go!

Jeremy Spencer

HomeMusicTimeTalentBlueMe

I can't put this delicately - everyone goes to their high school reunion wanting to see who they 'beat.'

Megyn Price

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If people associate me with a region, that's fine with me.

Robert Morgan

PeopleMeFineAssociateRegion

Camfed has worked for more than two decades in partnership with poor families, transforming this desire for girls' education into reality, and showing the measurable benefits of girls' education for all of us.

Ann Cotton

EducationRealityPartnershipDesire

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

John Ruskin

PersonLibertyHonorableRestraint

Mine has been a pretty strange path.

Steve Carr

PathStrangePrettyMineBeen

What's certain is that ranking powerful people is inherently self-defeating. For starters, true potentates know who they are without being told, and they have no need to announce it.

Steve Rushin

PeoplePowerfulKnowTrueNeedWho

I don't like planning what am I gonna say to the crowd. Sometimes the show takes a whole different twist.

Romeo Santos

PlanningSometimesSayTwistCrowd

The Federal Communications Commission needs to listen and serve the American people, not special interests.

Jared Polis

PeopleAmericanSpecialListenServe

Publicly, I've never talked about Argentina.

Jose Mujica

NeverArgentinaAboutTalked

I think good teachers are underpaid.

Peter Brimelow

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