John C. Calhoun Quotes
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.
Calhoun, John C. The Works of John C. Calhoun. Edited by Richard K. Crallé, vol. 4, D. Appleton and Company, 1854, p. 450.
Francisco Ascaso, Buenaventura Durruti, Juan Garcia Oliver, Aurelio Fernandez, Ricardo Sanz, Gregorio Jover, Antonio Ortiz and Antonio Martinez Valencia
This was the group that decided who was to be executed in the Reign of Terror
On creating a sense of national unity and destiny:
Because of that conservatism he was murdered by the radical IRA in the internecine Irish revolutionist conflicts that followed the Irish Free State winning its independence.
John Caldwell Calhoun was an American politician and political theorist from South Carolina who held many important positions including being the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832, while adamantly defending slavery and protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent of a strong national government and protective tariffs. In the late 1820s, his views changed radically, and he became a leading proponent of states' rights, limited government, nullification, and opposition to high tariffs. He saw Northern acceptance of those policies as a condition of the South remaining in the Union. His beliefs and warnings heavily influenced the South's secession from the Union in 1860–1861.
