John C. Calhoun: Goodness

John C. Calhoun was 7th Vice President of the United States. Explore interesting quotes on goodness.

John C. Calhoun: 30 quotes1 like

“The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.”

John C. Calhoun

Speech (13 February 1835)
1830s

“I hold that the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as well as intellectual, are brought together, the relation now existing in the slaveholding states between the two, is, instead of an evil, a good. A positive good.”

John C. Calhoun

In 1837 http://stoprepublicans.blogspot.com/2008/06/democrats-held-these-words-to-be-self.html <br class="br">1830s

“I never know what South Carolina thinks of a measure. I never consult her. I act to the best of my judgment, and according to my conscience. If she approves, well and good. If she does not, or wishes any one to take my place, I am ready to vacate. We are even.”

John C. Calhoun

Reported in Walter J. Miller, "Calhoun as a Lawyer and Statesman"' part 2, The Green Bag (June 1899), p. 271. Miller states "I will cite his own words", but this quotation is reported as not verified in Calhoun's writings in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989).