Franklin Pierce Quotes:
Ocupation: 14th U.S. President
Life: November 23, 1804 - October 8, 1869
Birthday: November 23
Death: October 8
READILY and, I trust, feelingly acknowledge the duty incumbent on us all . . . to provide for those who, in the mysterious order of Providence, are subject to want and to disease of body or mind; but I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for making the Federal Government the great almoner of public charity throughout the United States . . . .
topic: Government, Order, Mind, Incumbents
