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.
-- John C. Calhoun
   
John C. Calhoun   Name:
John C. Calhoun
Type:
Statesman
Nationality:
American
Birth:
March 18, 1782
Death:
March 31, 1850
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