Franklin Pierce Quotes


Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.


Citations

Pierce, Franklin. Letter to John McNeil, March 1834. Quoted in Roy Franklin Nichols, Franklin Pierce: Young Hickory of the Granite Hills, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931, p. 74.

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Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce
  • Born: November 23, 1804
  • Died: October 8, 1869
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation, he alienated anti-slavery groups by supporting and signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, yet these efforts failed to stem conflict between North and South. The South eventually seceded and the American Civil War began in 1861.