Martin Van Buren

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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 - Ma... Read More
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The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully obeyed by the public servant. - Martin Van Buren
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Martin Van Buren - 8th U.S. President 1837 - 1841 (Photo 5)
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Our country presents on every side the evidences of that continued favor under whose auspices it, has gradually risen from a few feeble and dependent colonies to a prosperous and powerful confederacy. - Martin Van Buren
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Martin Van Buren reportedly popularized the phrase "O.K". The President was from Old Kinderhook, NY and supposedly, his support groups were known as "OK Clubs", and the term OK came to mean "all right".
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Banks properly established and conducted are highly useful to the business of the country, and will doubtless continue to exist in the States so long as they conform to their laws and are found to be safe and beneficial. - Martin Van Bure... Read More
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We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions. - Martin Van Buren
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The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season. - Martin Van Buren
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. - ... Read More
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My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already sub... Read More
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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. - Martin Van Buren
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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. - Martin Van Buren
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Between Russia and the United States sentiments of good will continue to be mutually cherished. - Martin Van Buren
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No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration. - Martin Van Buren
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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. - Martin Van Buren
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The people under our system, like the king in a monarchy, never dies. - Martin Van Buren
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It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes west of the Mississippi. - Martin Van Buren
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There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives and fortu... Read More
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Every proper exertion has been made and will be continued to carry out the wishes of Congress in relation to the tobacco trade, as indicated in the several resolutions of the House of Representatives and the legislation of the two branche... Read More
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For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me is a strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the Constitution as it was designed by those who framed it. ... Read More
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I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor. - Martin Van Buren
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The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their early civilization. They have for the most part abandoned the hunter state and turned their attenti... Read More
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Mutual forbearance and reciprocal concessions: thro' their agency the Union was established - the patriotic spirit from which they emanated will forever sustain it. - Martin Van Buren
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The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought. - Martin Van Buren
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The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity. - Martin Van Buren
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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. - Martin Van Buren
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