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Quotation from A Disquisition on Government by John C. Calhoun
“This principle, in constitutional governments, is compromise”
A Disquisition on Government, Section on the conservative principle (The Works of John C. Calhoun, vol. 1 (1851), Internet Archive OCR text)
Calhoun contrasts the principle that preserves constitutional governments with force, which preserves absolute ones.
Citation: "This principle, in constitutional governments, is compromise" — John C. Calhoun, A Disquisition on Government, Section on the conservative principle (The Works of John C. Calhoun, vol. 1 (1851), Internet Archive OCR text). (id calhoun-disquisition-on-government-q4)
Portrait: John C. Calhoun, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
