Franklin Pierce Quotes


Franklin Pierce Quotes



Aggression
"We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; 
we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations 
of peace and amity with all nations."
Franklin Pierce
Source:http://www.quotesforall.com/p/piercefranklin.htm

America
"The stars upon your banner have become nearly threefold their original 
number; your densely populated possessions skirt the shores of the two 
great oceans."
Franklin Pierce
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/franklinpierce/a/quotepierce.htm

Being President
"You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me by 
your strength."
Franklin Pierce
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/franklinpierce/a/quotepierce.htm

Constitution
"The storm of frency and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain 
against the unshaken rock of the Constitution."
Franklin Pierce
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/franklinpierce/a/quotepierce.htm



Danger
"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
(1804-1869) U.S. President
Source: Inaugural Address, 4 March 1853
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Franklin.Pierce.Quote.3062

Political Parties
"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
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/franklin_pierce/

Secession Crisis of 1860
"I wish I could indulge higher hope for the future of our country, 
but the aspect of any vision is fearfully dark and I cannot make it 
otherwise."
Franklin Pierce During the secession crisis of 1860 
Source:http://www.jeannepasero.com/fp14.html

Time and Money
Remember that time is money. 
Franklin Pierce
Source:http://www.quotesforall.com/p/piercefranklin.htm

Trifling Subjects
"Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and 
protracted the discussion."
Franklin Pierce
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/franklin_pierce/



Union
"With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined."
Franklin Pierce
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/franklin_pierce/

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