Change True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances and not to act always the same way under a change of... John C. Calhoun 7
Trust I am a planter - a cotton planter. I am a Southern man and a slaveholder - a kind and a merciful one, I trust - and none the worse for being a... John C. Calhoun 8
Perseverance What people can excel our Northern and New England brethren in skill, invention, activity, energy, perseverance, and enterprise? John C. Calhoun 7
Opinion In my opinion, any navy less than that which would give us the habitual command of our own coast and seas would be little short of useless. John C. Calhoun 10
