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

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I speak of the war as fruitless; for it is clear that, prosecuted upon the basis of the proclamations of September 22d and September 24th, 1862, prosecuted, as I must understand these proclamations, to say nothing of the kindred blood which has followed, upon the theory of emancipation, devastation, subjugation, it cannot fail to be fruitless in every thing except the harvest of woe which it is ripening for what was once the peerless republic.

Franklin Pierce's Popular Quotes

There is nothing left to do but get drunk.

- Franklin Pierce

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

- 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

If your past is limited, your future is boundless.

- Franklin Pierce

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

- Franklin Pierce

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

- 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