Quote#Wisdom
The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain…
Quote byFranklin Pierce · 1804–1869
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Third Annual Message (31 December 1855), as published in Official History of the United States by the Presidents (1900), Vol. 1, by the Federal Book Concern, p. 362.
English (original)
The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.
— Franklin Pierce
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