John C. Calhoun quoteJohn C. Calhoun [1782-1850]
American Statesman Quote rank: 303
Let a durable and firm peace be established and this government be confined rigidly to the few great objects for which it was instituted, leaving the States to contend in generous rivalry to develop, by the arts of peace, their respective resources, and a scene of prosperity and happiness would follow, heretofore unequaled on the globe. |
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