Franklin Pierce

“The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.”

“There is nothing left to do but get drunk.”

“You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me by your strength.”

“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.”

“While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common object and sustain a common country.”

“Frequently the more trifling the subject the more animated and protracted the discussion.”

“It is not a light thing to involve a nation in war.”

“Without the Union our independence and liberty would never have been achieved; without the Union they can never be maintained.”

“I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their children to preserve the blessings they have inherited.”