John C. Calhoun Quotes

None but a people advanced to a high state of moral and intellectual excellence are capable in a civilized condition of forming and maintaining free governments, and among those who are so far advanced, very few indeed have had the good fortune to form constitutions capable of endurance.

John C. Calhoun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodExcellencePeopleFreeMoral

I like to have songs with me that have substance. That's missing from a lot of today's music. You might hear a song with a catchy beat, but what's it about? It's not empowering or helping anyone.

Jennifer Hudson

MusicTodayMeSongYouBeat

Back in early 1983, my dad was tasked with keeping unions from organizing in his company's distribution centers. His work pulled him away from home for months on end.

Jen Lancaster

WorkHomeEndOrganizingBackEarly

My husband and I are building a 'green' house in Santa Ynez Valley. We bought 15 acres and we're going to build a house that's green from the ground up.

Jennie Garth

GreenBuildingHusbandHouseBuild

We make the kind of movies we like to watch. I love to laugh. I love to be amazed by how beautiful it is. But I also love to be moved to tears. There's lots of heart in our films.

John Lasseter

LoveHeartBeautifulTearsLaugh

I hope I'm always appropriate on 'JR' if it's a serious case. But if you have a case of a man who has a wardrobe malfunction with a lime green mankini, even I on the odd occasion find it mildly amusing.

Robert Rinder

HopeManGreenYouFindSerious

I did the first study because I had been exposed to something that I took to be important and interesting - this thought reform process - in the military.

Robert Jay Lifton

ThoughtProcessInterestingImportant

I've always been extremely conservative, but I've never been mean-spirited.

Matt Salmon

ConservativeNeverAlwaysBeen

I don't have much patience with sick people.

Maura Tierney

PatiencePeopleSickMuch

When you're part of the first family, your life tends to get played out in front of the whole nation.

Steven Ford

LifeFamilyYouFirstNationOut

My whole life is not defined by what Hollywood does.

Ruby Dee

LifeHollywoodWholeDoesDefined

Some people are weak in their faith and testimonies but are not even aware of how precarious their situation is. Many of them likely would be offended at the suggestion.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

FaithPeopleSituationOffendedWeak

You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.

Dick Durbin

DeathPurposeEffortYouKnowTalk

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