John J. Crittenden Quotes

• I hope to find my country in the right: however I will stand by her, right or wrong.

  John J. Crittenden

  Country, Patriotism

  In Congress, when President Polk sent a message after the defeat of the Mexican General Arista by General Taylor, May, 1846.

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• Mr. President, the cause of this great discontent in the country, the cause of the evils which we now suffer and which we now fear, originates chiefly from questions growing out of the respective rights of the different States and the unfortunate subject of slavery.

  John J. Crittenden

  País, Guerra, Derechos

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