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James Buchanan Quotations

  • "The remedy for this state of things can only be supplied by Congress,
  • since the Constitution has confided to that body alone the power to make war."
  • Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.
  • "The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most
  • disagreeable duty of the President."
  • "I have seldom met an intelligent person whose views were not narrowed and distorted by religion."

James Buchanan - Whatever the result may be

  • "The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity,
  • but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there"
  • "If you arre as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on
  • returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed."
  • "Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness
  • that I at least meant well for my country."
  • "Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will,

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