The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the States, and distribu…

- John C. Calhoun

In looking back, I see nothing to regret, and little to correct.

- John C. Calhoun

I never use the word nation in speaking of the United States. I always use the word Union or Confederacy. We are not a nation but a union, a confeder…

- John C. Calhoun

It would be well for those interested to reflect whether there now exists, or ever has existed, a wealthy and civilized community in which one portio…

- John C. Calhoun

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit…

- John C. Calhoun

Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.

- John C. Calhoun

Stripped of all its covering, the naked question is, whether ours is a federal or consolidated government; a constitutional or absolute one; a govern…

- John C. Calhoun

There never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the…

- John C. Calhoun

Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which se…

- John C. Calhoun