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John C. Calhoun [1782-1850] American Statesman
Quote rank: 315

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What we want, above all things on earth in our public men, is independence. It is one great defect in the character of the public men of America that there is that real want of independence; and, in this respect, a most marked contrast exists between public men in this country and in Great Britain.

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Independence

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