Quote #14

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.

More from Franklin Pierce

  1. The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.
  2. With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.
  3. 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.
  4. The stars upon your banner have become nearly threefold their original number; your densely populated possessions skirt the shores of the t…
  5. Remember that time is money.
  6. I wish I could indulge higher hope for the future of our country, but the aspect of any vision is fearfully dark and I cannot make it other…
  7. I believe that involuntary servitude, as it exists in different States of this Confederacy, is recognized by the Constitution. I believe th…
  8. Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.

All Franklin Pierce quotes