Franklin Pierce Quotes

"The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded."
- Franklin Pierce
(Related: Government, Power, Obvious)

"Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion."
- Franklin Pierce

"A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties."
- Franklin Pierce
(Related: Idea, Popular)