John C. Calhoun Quotes
Nothing can be more unfounded and false than the opinion that all men are born free and equal; inequality is indispensable to progress; government is not the result of compact, nor is it safe to entrust the suffrage to all.
John C. Calhoun, 1782-1850, Vice President of the United States (Democrat, SC), U. S. Congressman & Senator (Democrat, SC), Quoted in Richard K. Cralle, The Works of John C. Calhoun
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It was drafted by John Adams. 9 Years later the French in their Revolution used the first clause in their Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen—See Quotation 602404 For an opposite point of view see Quotation 635927.
This is one of the earliest and most eloquent argument for an end to racial discrimination. Burchard argued for giving Blacks the right to vote. While Wisconsin was vehemently opposed to slavery, the convention decided to not include or preclude Negroes from voting and instead left the issue up to later legislatures.
- Born: March 18, 1782
- Died: March 31, 1850
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Statesman
John Caldwell Calhoun was an American politician and political theorist from South Carolina who held many important positions including being the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832, while adamantly defending slavery and protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent of a strong national government and protective tariffs. In the late 1820s, his views changed radically, and he became a leading proponent of states' rights, limited government, nullification, and opposition to high tariffs. He saw Northern acceptance of those policies as a condition of the South remaining in the Union. His beliefs and warnings heavily influenced the South's secession from the Union in 1860–1861.
