It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the…

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.

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Message of Protest to the United States Senate (1834-04-15 )

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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. - View Quote Details on The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of…
Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such ambitious men who would involve their country in civil wars, and all the evils in its train that they might reign & ride on its whirlwinds & direct the Storm– The free people of these United States have spoken, and consigned these wicked demagogues to their proper doom. - View Quote Details on Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such…
As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience, and of the press, it will be worth defending. - View Quote Details on As long as our government is administered for the good…
Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn. - View Quote Details on Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn.
While I concur with the Synod in the efficacy of prayer, and in the hope that our country may be preserved from the attacks of pestilence “and that the judgments now abroad in the earth may be sanctified to the nations,” I am constrained to decline the designation of any period or mode as proper for the public manifestation of this reliance. I could not do otherwise without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President and without feeling that I might in some degree disturb the security which religion nowadays enjoys in this country in its complete separation from the political concerns of the General Government. - View Quote Details on While I concur with the Synod in the efficacy of…
Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it. - View Quote Details on Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and…
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error. - View Quote Details on Any man worth his salt will stick up for what…
But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. - View Quote Details on But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by…
I did not hang Calhoun and shoot Clay. - View Quote Details on I did not hang Calhoun and shoot Clay.
John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it! - View Quote Details on John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce…