John C. Calhoun Quotes

A revolution in itself is not a blessing. The revolution accomplished by the French people is, indeed, a wonderful event - the most striking, in my opinion, in history; but it may lead to events which will make it a mighty evil.

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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I'd like to make one thing very clear: Muhammad Ali loved people, and he had white friend as well as black friends - and the only thing that he hated was discrimination and racism.

Jim Brown

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I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.

Matthew Macfadyen

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I feel like if you really know the ending right from the beginning, you can add so many subtleties and little things later that will pay off and be more consistent and more rewarding for the reader.

Jeff Lemire

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I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide.

Tommy Rettig

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One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.

Tom Peters

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The way I view comedy clubs is, people are drinking, they're ordering food, they're out for the night, and there's also a person onstage talking. And with the theater, they came to the theater, and they're waiting to hear what you say. So you'd better have something to say.

Mike Birbiglia

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The media love to cover black people on the front page. After all, when you live in a society that will lock up about 30 percent of all black men at some time in their lives and send more of them to prison than to college, chances are a fair number of those black faces will end up in the newspaper.

Michael Moore

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Conservatives believe in providing Constitutional rights to our citizens, not to enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Mitt Romney

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I love acting. I take it day by day. I would really love to produce my own stuff and other stuff.

Dominik Garcia-Lorido

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I'd like to be a jazz singer, but I couldn't possibly do it; nobody would want me, anyway.

Deborah Moggach

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The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it.

David Thewlis

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While I don't know if I exist in the land of the elite, I'm definitely on the battlefield with restlessness.

Christen Press

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