Best quotes by Martin Van Buren on Government
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‟ The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
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‟ The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.
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‟ 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 of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.
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‟ 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 expense of the community at large.
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‟ 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 assigned them west of the Mississippi.
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‟ 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 community at large.
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‟ 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 communicated to Congress toward the close of their last session.
- Martin Van Buren