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
Been, Dispute, Maxim, Alliance
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
- James Buchanan
Ballot, Arbiter, Ballot Box, Free Men
The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
- James Buchanan
Leadership, Greatness, Test, Elicit
What is right and what is practicable are two different things.
- James Buchanan
Right, Different, Things, Different Things
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
Happy, Feel, Shall, Happy Man
I like the noise of democracy.
- James Buchanan
Democracy, Like, Noise
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