Sunday, 6 March 2011

Franklin Pierce

A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.
Franklin Pierce

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
Franklin Pierce

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.
Franklin Pierce

With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.
Franklin Pierce

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