To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever
since the days of Washington, and its wisdoms no one will attempt to
dispute."
James Buchanan
Source:http://www.quotesforall.com/b/buchananjames.htm
Ballot Box
"The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes
among freemen."
James Buchanan
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/jamesbuchanan/a/quotebuchanan.htm
Congress
"Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a
legislative body."
James Buchanan
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/jamesbuchanan/a/quotebuchanan.htm
Constitution
"There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution."
James Buchanan
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/jamesbuchanan/a/quotebuchanan.htm
Cuba
"we must have Cuba; we can't do without Cuba . . ."
James Buchanan
Source:The Works of James Buchanan. VIII. 360-361
Democracy
"I like the noise of democracy."
James Buchanan
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/james_buchanan/
Destiny
"Prevent the American people from crossing the Rocky
Mountains? You might as well command Niagara not to flow. We must
fulfill our destiny."
James Buchanan
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/jamesbuchanan/a/quotebuchanan.htm
Leadership
"The test of leadership is not to put greatness into
humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there"
James Buchanan
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/james_buchanan/
Leaving Office
"If you arre as happy in entering the White House as I
shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed."
James Buchanan
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/james_buchanan/
"Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the
consciousness that I at least meant well for my country."
James Buchanan
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/jamesbuchanan/a/quotebuchanan.htm
Liberty
"Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results;
and these will, ere long, astonish the world."
James Buchanan
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/jamesbuchanan/a/quotebuchanan.htm
Our Union
Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be
cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.
James Buchanan
Source:Message to Congress, 1860
Patronage
"The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far
the most disagreeable duty of the President."
James Buchanan
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/jamesbuchanan/a/quotebuchanan.htm
Religion
"I have seldom met an intelligent person whose views
were not narrowed and distorted by religion."
James Buchanan
Source:from Rufus K. Noyes, Views of Religion
Right
"What is right and what is practicable are two different things."
James Buchanan
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/jamesbuchanan/a/quotebuchanan.htm
