I find the remark, "Tis distance lends enchantment to the view" is no less true of the political than of the natural world.
There is nothing left to do but get drunk. - Franklin Pierce
There is nothing left to do but get drunk.
- Franklin Pierce
Of all knaves the religious knave is the worst. - Franklin Pierce
Of all knaves the religious knave is the worst.
I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war. - Franklin Pierce
I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.
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
It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.
I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity. - Franklin Pierce
I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity.
If your past is limited, your future is boundless. - Franklin Pierce
If your past is limited, your future is boundless.
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
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…
You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me in your strength. - Franklin Pierce
You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me in your strength.
Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion. - Franklin Pierce
Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
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