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> [If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the legislatures of the States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/if-laws-acting-upon-private-interests-can-not-always-be-avoided-they/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

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## More by Martin Van Buren

> [“it is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didnt”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/it-is-easier-to-do-a-job-right-than-to-explain-why-you-didnt/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/the-law-increasing-and-organizing-the-military-establishment-of-the/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [I cannot expect to perform the task with equal ability and success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/i-cannot-expect-to-perform-the-task-with-equal-ability-and-success/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [I shall tread in the footsteps of my illustrious predecessor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/i-shall-tread-in-the-footsteps-of-my-illustrious-predecessor/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [Mutual forbearance and reciprocal concessions: thro' their agency the Union was established - the patriotic spirit from which they emanated will forever sustain it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/mutual-forbearance-and-reciprocal-concessions-thro-their-agency-the/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/for-myself-therefore-i-desire-to-declare-that-the-principle-that-will/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/the-national-will-is-the-supreme-law-of-the-republic-and-on-all/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/no-evil-can-result-from-its-inhibition-more-pernicious-than-its/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [I only look to the gracious protection of the Divine Being whose strengthening support I humbly solicit, and whom I fervently pray to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/i-only-look-to-the-gracious-protection-of-the-divine-being-whose/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [In time of peace there can, at all events, be no justification for the creation of a permanent debt by the Federal Government. Its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/in-time-of-peace-there-can-at-all-events-be-no-justification-for-the/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/the-connection-which-formerly-existed-between-the-government-and/)

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> [Railroad carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of fifteen miles per hour by engines which, in addition to endangering life and limb of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/railroad-carriages-are-pulled-at-the-enormous-speed-of-fifteen-miles/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [To avoid the necessity of a permanent debt and its inevitable consequences, I have advocated and endeavored to carry into effect the policy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/to-avoid-the-necessity-of-a-permanent-debt-and-its-inevitable/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [Banks properly established and conducted are highly useful to the business of the country, and will doubtless continue to exist in the States so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/banks-properly-established-and-conducted-are-highly-useful-to-the/)

[Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/)

> [There is but one reliance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/there-is-but-one-reliance/)

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