Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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READILY and, I trust, feelingly acknowledge the duty incumbent on us all . . . to provide for those who, in the mysterious order of Providence, are subject to want and to disease of body or mind; but I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for making the Federal Government the great almoner of public charity throughout the United States . . . .

Franklin Pierce's Popular Quotes

There is nothing left to do but get drunk.

- Franklin Pierce

Of all knaves the religious knave is the worst.

- Franklin Pierce

I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.

- Franklin Pierce

It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

- Franklin Pierce

I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity.

- Franklin Pierce

If your past is limited, your future is boundless.

- Franklin Pierce

I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their children to preserve the ble…

- Franklin Pierce

You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me in your strength.

- Franklin Pierce

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.

- Franklin Pierce