John C. Calhoun Quotes

Were there no contrariety of interests, nothing would be more simple and easy than to form and preserve free institutions. The right of suffrage alone would be a sufficient guarantee. It is the conflict of opposing interests which renders it the most difficult work of man.

John C. Calhoun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkAloneSimpleManConflictFree

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

GodHeartGreatThoughtsAskPure

The story of my life publicly has been told through 'Alternative Press.' Former employees, people who have worked there - my friend Ryan Downey, who wrote for 'AP' for a long time - I've been able to have really great articles written about me and talk openly about things in my life.

Andy Biersack

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As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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It comforts the adult conscience to remember that, amid history's grave injustices, there were still great lives.

Rumaan Alam

HistoryGreatRememberConscience

Many African people are smarter than me - kids who could have been better. I have no claim for genius.

Mo Ibrahim

PeopleMeBetterGeniusClaimKids

You do T.V. and movies to make the money, and then you do theatre for the love of it.

Josh Hamilton

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Systemic change rarely comes overnight.

DeRay Mckesson

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Mike Tyson notoriously looked for a way out against Evander Holyfield when it was clear Holyfield had his number. Suddenly, Tyson's cowardice in gnawing off Holyfield's ear overshadowed nearly everything he had accomplished as a fighter.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

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The victory is always sweeter... winning things with friends.

Brian O'Driscoll

WinningVictoryFriendsAlways

If I could write a letter to my teenage self, I'd probably say something like: 'You ain't gonna believe what will become of you.'

Antony Sher

BelieveSelfYouSayWillBecome

But, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test of Natural History facts.

Richard Owen

HistoryFactsTestNaturalBeenLed

In my late 30s, I flirted with the idea of having a child without necessarily being in a steady relationship. But I've never had a strong maternal urge, and then I got cancer of the womb - luckily caught at an early stage - so that put paid to that.

Kiki Dee

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