Quotes by James Buchanan

I like the noise of democracy.
– James Buchanan
If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed.
– James Buchanan
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
– James Buchanan
The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
– James Buchanan
To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.
– James Buchanan
What is right and what is practicable are two different things.
– James Buchanan