“The stars upon your banner have become nearly threefold their original number; your densely populated possessions skirt the shores of the two great oceans; and yet this vast increase of people and territory has not only shown itself compatible with the harmonious action of the States and Federal Gov…”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.comTagged: Stars, banner, Flag, Number, Population
“But after all, the most animating encouragement and potent appeal for freedom will be its own history - its trials and its triumphs.”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.comTagged: animating, Encouragement, Appeal, Freedom, Triumph
“In this our country has, in my judgment, thus far fulfilled its highest duty to suffering humanity. It has spoken and will continue to speak, not only by words, but by its acts, the language of sympathy, encouragement, and hope to those who earnestly listen to tones which pronounce for the largest n…”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.comTagged: Judgment, fulfilled, Suffering, Duty, humanity
“It is no paradox to say that although comparatively weak the new-born nation was intrinsically strong.”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.comTagged: Paradox, Absurd, Contradiction, contradictory, nation
“My Countrymen: It is a relief to feel that no heart but my own can know the personal regretan bitter sorrow over which I have been borne to a position so suitable for others rather than desirable for myself.”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.comTagged: countrymen, country, People, Society, Government
“I rely confidently on the patriotism of the people, on the dignity and self-respect of the States, on the wisdom of Congreess, and, above all, on the continued gracious favor of Almighty God to maintain against all enemies, whether at home or abroad, the sanctity of the Constitution and the integrit…”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.comTagged: rely, Confidence, confident'patriotism, Patriot, country
“Nor is it hostility against their fellow-citizens of one section if the Union alone. The interersts, the honor, the duty, the peace, and the prosperity of the people of all sections are equally involved and imperiled in this question.”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.comTagged: Politics, Hostility, miloitary, People, Government
“And are patriotic men of any part of the Union prepared on such issue thus madly to invite all the consequences of the forfeiture of their constitutional agreements? It is impossible.”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.comTagged: Patriot, Men, Soldier, Military, Union
“I know that the Union is stronger a thousand times than all the wild and chimerical schemes of social change which are generated one after another in the unstable minds of visionary sophists and interested agitators.”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.comTagged: Union, Strong, strength, Social Change, Society