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Caleb Cushing

politician, judge, lawyer, diplomat, writer, jurist

1800  – 1879

Caleb Cushing was an American Democratic politician and diplomat who served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts and the 23rd United States Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce. From 1874 until 1877, he was the United States Minister to Spain.

All Quotes by Caleb Cushing

“Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and virtue of the People.”
— Caleb Cushing
“Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate.”
— Caleb Cushing