John C. Calhoun

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

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Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832

Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832

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“John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson's former vice president and eventual U.S. senator from South Carolina, argued against incorporation, asserting that Mexicans represented an amalgamation of impure ra...”
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“Arguably the most prominent and accomplished of these planter-politicians was John Calhoun...On this defense of the prerogatives of the Southern section of the nation, Calhoun built an entire theor...”
— John C. Calhoun

“Chris Cillizza: If there is a list of the 15 greatest senators ever, is McCain on it? Why or why not?Ross Baker: He’s not up there with [Henry] Clay, [Daniel] Webster, [John] Calhoun, [Charles] Sum...”
— John C. Calhoun

“There has always been in the South that intellectual elite who saw the Negro problem clearly. They have always lacked and some still lack the courage to stand up for what they know is right. Nevert...”
— John C. Calhoun

“There are so many monuments to the Confederacy in South Carolina's capital city that they are nearly impossible to avoid. Pinckney's body lay in state beside a statue of John C. Calhoun of South Ca...”
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“Stephens' Constitutional View of the War Between the States, which was and remains probably the best defense of the Confederate cause. It is all about states' rights, and the defense of the minorit...”
— John C. Calhoun