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By James Buchanan
It is an evil omen of the times that men have undertaken to calculate the mere material value of the Union.
- Source
- Inaugural Address, March 4, 1857
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From James Buchanan's inaugural address on March 4, 1857. He is warning against weighing the Union only in dollars and trade.