James Buchanan Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by James Buchanan:

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.
~James Buchanan


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I like the noise of democracy.
~James Buchanan


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


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What is right and what is practicable are two different things.
~James Buchanan


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


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The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
~James Buchanan


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