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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All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it. - Alexis de Tocqueville

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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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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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I like the noise of democracy. - James Buchanan

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What is right and what is practicable are two different things. -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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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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