Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Piercewas the 14th President of the United States. Pierce was a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation. His polarizing actions in championing and signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act failed to stem intersectional conflict, setting the stage for Southern secession...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth23 November 1804
CityHillsborough, NH
CountryUnited States of America
Franklin Pierce quotes about
It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.
But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man's wisdom. It will not be sufficient that sectional prejudices find no place in the public deliberations. It will not be sufficient that the rash counsels of human passion are rejected. It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.
Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.