Quotes by John C. Calhoun
1782 – 1850
Calhoun is one of the most important American politicians and political theorists in the first half of the 19th century. He served as a member of the House of Representatives, Secretary of War, Vice-President, and Senator. In his writings he was concerned with states rights, tariff policy, limits to federal power and majority rule, and slavery.
Bio
See the Liberty Matters online discussion on John C. Calhoun, Constitutionalism, and Slavery
Read the Liberty Classic Calhoun and Constitutionalism from Law & Liberty
Class
John C. Calhoun notes that taxation divides the community into two great antagonistic classes, those who pay the taxes and those who benefit from them (1850)
Colonies, Slavery & Abolition
John Calhoun on Slavery as a Positive Good
Politics & Liberty
John Calhoun on the Nature and Purpose of Constitutions
Politics & Liberty
John Calhoun on Executive Power and Constitutional Order
The State
John Calhoun on Unchecked Majorities
Politics & Liberty
John Calhoun and the Unchecked Majority
Politics & Liberty
John Calhoun on Concurrent Majorities
Colonies, Slavery & Abolition
John Calhoun on Compromises