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Remember, it is a deep principle of our nature not to regard the safety of those who do not regard their own. If you are indifferent to your own safety, you must not be surprised if those less interested should become more so.
John C. Calhoun / Former United States Representative
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The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.
John C. Calhoun / Former United States Representative
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Formation

Transition

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Old

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Error

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The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent the peculiar and local interests, or that the latter may encroach on the former.
John C. Calhoun / Former United States Representative
Danger

Former

Latter

Peculiar

Represent

Interests

Local
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A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks.
John C. Calhoun / Former United States Representative
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Powerful

Risen

Surplus

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Power Together People

Power Government People

Banks

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Combined

Consisting

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A revolution in itself is not a blessing. The revolution accomplished by the French people is, indeed, a wonderful event - the most striking, in my opinion, in history; but it may lead to events which will make it a mighty evil.
John C. Calhoun / Former United States Representative
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Blessing

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Opinion

Revolution

Wonderful

Itself

French

Event

French People

In My Opinion

Indeed

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It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or their responsible agents - a maxim not less true in private than in public affairs.
John C. Calhoun / Former United States Representative
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