John C. Calhoun
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"John Caldwell Calhoun" was a leading American politician and political theorist during the first half of the 19th century. Hailing from South Carolina, Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent of a strong national government and protectionism/protective tariffs. After 1830, his views evolved and he became a greater proponent of states' rights, limited government, Nullification (U.S. Constitution)/nullification and free trade; as he saw these means as the only way to preserve the Union. He is best known for his intense and original defense of slavery in the United States/slavery as something positive, his distrust of majoritarianism, and for pointing the South toward Secession in the United States/secession from the Union.

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Treatment takes longer and you don't see the results as fast. It's tough to get federal funds for something whose results appear two to three years later.

Since the school opened up (in Sept. 2000) the grass has never had the proper time to establish itself and completely fill in. The constant beating these fields have undergone is beginning to deteriorate them badly and immediate actions need to be taken to remedy this situation.

The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.

In looking back, I see nothing to regret and little to correct.

This is going to affect hundreds of thousands of people and it's going to have an impact on our nation's economy.

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and the establishment of the new, constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.

Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks.

Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.

I think it is very important that we understand that these are informal discussions.