|
|
| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 5493 |
| AUTHOR: | John Caldwell Calhoun (1782–1850) |
| QUOTATION: | A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speech, May 27, 1836. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. From this comes the phrase, “Cohesive power of public plunder.” [back] |
| CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD · AUTHOR INDEX · CONCORDANCE INDEX | ||||
 | ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore. | ||||
| ||||
| Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com | ||||
|
|