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Martin Van Buren Quotes

Total quotes: 9
“The President under our system, like the king in a monarchy, never dies.”
— Martin Van Buren, The Presidency A to Z
Tagged: President, Presidency, Politics, politician, govrernment, Die, Death, king, Monarch, Monarchy, country
“War could never be the result of individual or irresponsible will, but must be a measure of redress for injuries sustained.”
— Martin Van Buren, Martin Van Buren
Tagged: War, irresponsible, Will, measure, rederess, Remedy, Compensation, Right, inuury
“New and inexhaustible sources of general prosperity have been opened; the effects of distance have been averted by the inevitable genius of our people.”
— Martin Van Buren, Martin Van Buren
Tagged: prosperity, sources, Distance, Genius, People, civilization, civilian, Improvement
“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, Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren
Tagged: Interest, avoid, narrow, Limits, Wants, desires, personal, private, legislature, state
“As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it.”
— Martin Van Buren, Presidential Leadership in an Age of Change
Tagged: Presidency, Politics, politician, Surrender, Office, Life, political, Government, Official, End
“The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.”
— Martin Van Buren, Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics
Tagged: Government, Politics, prosperity, interfere, People, interests
“I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.”
— Martin Van Buren, The American Presidents, Washington to Tyler: What They Did, What They Said, What Was Said About Them, with Full Source Notes
Tagged: footsteps, Future, Past, ilustrious, sacred, Trust, Confidence, predecessor, Position, Office, Government, President, Presidency, Politics
“Those who have wrought great changes in the world never succeeded by gaining over chiefs; but always by exciting the multitude. The first is the resource of intrigue and produces only secondary results, the second is the resort of genius and transforms the universe.”
— Martin Van Buren, Martin Van Buren: The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841
Tagged: Change, World, Succeed, Success, Gain, multitude, intrigue, Results, Genius, Transform, Universe
“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 fortunes of his fellow-citizens.”
— Martin Van Buren, What the Hell Happened to America?
Tagged: public, Opinion, Thank, honest, Powers, Incompetent, Unworthy, Weak, wicked, Life, Lives, fortunes, citizens, Responsibility, leader, govern, Government, Politics
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