John C. Calhoun Quotes About Constitution
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The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals.
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To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American] system must depend; unless that ascendancy can be preserved, the necessary consequence must be that the laws will supersede the Constitution; and, finally, the will of the Executive, by influence of its patronage, will supersede the laws . . .
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How can those who are invested with the power of government be prevented from the abuse of those powers as the means of aggrandizing themselves? ... Without a strong constitution to counteract the strong tendency of government to disorder and abuse there can be little progress or improvement.
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John C. Calhoun
- Born: March 18, 1782
- Died: March 31, 1850
- Occupation: Former United States Representative
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