Franklin Pierce Professions : 14th U.S. President Born : November 23, 1804 Died : October 8, 1869 Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Franklin Pierce If your past is limited, your future is boundless. Franklin Pierce boundless your-future past While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles. Franklin Pierce presidential principles men There is nothing left to do but get drunk. Franklin Pierce presidential left drunk It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence. Franklin Pierce religious humble god You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me in your strength. Franklin Pierce weakness politics teaching I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war. Franklin Pierce heartless war way Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion. Franklin Pierce presidential patriotic political But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man's wisdom. It will not be sufficient that sectional prejudices find no place in the public deliberations. It will not be sufficient that the rash counsels of human passion are rejected. It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence. Franklin Pierce passion humble men 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. Franklin Pierce country father children The constitutionality and propriety of the Federal Government assuming to enter into a novel and vast field of legislation, namely, that of providing for the care and support of all those ... who by any form of calamity become fit objects of public philanthropy. ... I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for making the Federal Government the great almoner of public charity throughout the United States. To do so would, in my judgment, be contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution and subversive of the whole theory upon which the Union of these States is founded. Franklin Pierce support government power Of all knaves the religious knave is the worst. Franklin Pierce knaves worst religious I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity. Franklin Pierce constitution charity authority The founders of the Republic dealt with things as they were presented to them, in a spirit of self sacrificing Patriotism and as time has proved, with a comprehensive wisdom which it will always be safe for us to consult Franklin Pierce republic sacrifice self 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. Franklin Pierce government president danger In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers, you can make no calculation upon the termination of any debate. Franklin Pierce lawyer body talking A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties. Franklin Pierce patriotic party government There's nothing left . . . but to get drunk. Franklin Pierce left drunk After the White House what is there to do but drink? Franklin Pierce drink white house With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined. Franklin Pierce unions patriotic political In expressing briefly my views upon an important subject which has recently agitated the nation..., I fervently hope that the question is at rest and that no sectional or ambitious or fanatical excitement may again threaten the durability of our institutions. Franklin Pierce important views history
