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James Buchanan Biography

James Buchanan Jr. (/bjuːˈkænən/; April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States (1857–61), serving immediately prior to the American Civil War. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 17th United States Secretary of State and had served in the Senate and House of Representatives before becoming president.

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The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

Inspirational Life, Rocks, Presidential, Frenzy, Unshaken, Against

Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.

Country, May, Consciousness, Result

Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world.

Long, Work Out, Liberty, Natural, Work

The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President.

Distribution, Government, Patronage, President

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.

Alliances, Dispute, Disputes, Historical, Policy, Wisdom

I like the noise of democracy.

Democracy, Like, Noise, President

Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.

Abstract, Body, Discussed, Legislative, Propositions, Should

If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country.

Happiness, Country, Home, Happy, Leaving, Entering

The course of events is so rapidly hastening forward that the emergency may soon arise when you may be called upon to decide the momentous question whether you possess the power by force of arms to compel a State to remain in the Union

Events, Unions, May, Hastening, Momentous, Power

I am the last President of the United States!

President, United States, Lasts, States, United

All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had marked out for punishment are turned to my friends.

Punishment, Enemy, Rewards, Loved, Marked, Enemies

The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

Patriotic, Men, Presidential, Box, Disputes, Ballot

There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.

Presidential, Heaven, Constitution, Nothing, Stable

If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed.

Men, White, House, Wheatland, Entering

Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.

War, Blood, History, Opinion, Public

I have gone wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any of them.

Gentleman, Gone, Wooing, Gentlemen, Several

The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.

Government, Atheism, United States, Possesses, States, Religion