James Buchanan Quotes

• There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.

  James Buchanan

  Presidential, Heaven, Constitution

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• Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.

  James Buchanan

  Country, May, Consciousness

  James Buchanan (2000). “Mr. Buchanan's Administration: On the Eve of the Rebellion”, p.296, Digital Scanning Inc

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• The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

  James Buchanan

  Patriotic, Men, Presidential

  James Buchanan (2006). “State of the Union Addresses”, p.309, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I am the last President of the United States!

  James Buchanan

  President, Lasts, United States

  "Lincoln's War: The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief". Book by Geoffrey Perret, 2004.

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• I like the noise of democracy.

  James Buchanan

  President, Democracy, Noise

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• Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.

  James Buchanan

  War, Blood, History

  James Buchanan (2006). “State of the Union Addresses”, p.279, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

  James Buchanan

  Inspirational Life, Rocks, Presidential

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• The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.

  James Buchanan

  Government, Atheism, United States

  James Buchanan, James Buchanan Henry (1909). “The Works of James Buchanan: Comprising His Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence”

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• All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had marked out for punishment are turned to my friends.

  James Buchanan

  Punishment, Enemy, Rewards

  1857 On finally achieving his country's highest political office at the age of 65.

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• Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world.

  James Buchanan

  Long, Work Out, Liberty

  James Buchanan, James Buchanan Henry (1909). “The Works of James Buchanan: Comprising His Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence”

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• If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed.

  James Buchanan

  Men, White, House

  James Buchanan, United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) (1968). “James Buchanan, 1791-1868: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• The course of events is so rapidly hastening forward that the emergency may soon arise when you may be called upon to decide the momentous question whether you possess the power by force of arms to compel a State to remain in the Union

  James Buchanan

  Events, Unions, May

  James Buchanan, James Buchanan Henry (1910). “The Works of James Buchanan: Comprising His Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence”

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• I have gone wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any of them.

  James Buchanan

  Gentleman, Gone, Wooing

  James Buchanan, James Buchanan Henry (1909). “The Works of James Buchanan: Comprising His Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence”

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• If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country.

  James Buchanan

  Happiness, Country, Home

  1861 Said on welcoming his successor, Abraham Lincoln, to the White House.

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• To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.

  James Buchanan

  Historical, Alliances, Disputes

  James Buchanan, James Buchanan Henry (1910). “The Works of James Buchanan: Comprising His Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence”

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• Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.

  James Buchanan

  Body, Abstract, Should

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• The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President.

  James Buchanan

  Government, President, Patronage

  James Buchanan (2000). “Mr. Buchanan's Administration: On the Eve of the Rebellion”, p.252, Digital Scanning Inc

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