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James Buchanan
American
President
About the author
The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
James Buchanan,
American
President
#Humanity
#Leadership
#Greatness
What is right and what is practicable are two different things.
James Buchanan,
American
President
#Right
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,
American
President
#Will
#Policy
#Washington
#Wisdom
#Maxim
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,
American
President
#Man
I like the noise of democracy.
James Buchanan,
American
President
#Democracy
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
James Buchanan,
American
President
#Men