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Government Quotes by Martin Van Buren
- The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians to the homes…
- To avoid the necessity of a permanent debt and its inevitable consequences, I have advocated and endeavored to carry into effect the policy of confining…
- The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
- The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the…
- It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer…
- In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at…
- The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.
- In time of peace there can, at all events, be no justification for the creation of a permanent debt by the Federal Government. Its limited…
- With respect to the northeastern boundary of the United States, no official correspondence between this Government and that of Great Britain has passed since that…
- I am more than ever convinced of the dangers to which the free and unbiased exercise of political opinion - the only sure foundation and…
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- In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? — Saint Augustine
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