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The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

The second sober thought of the people is seldom wrong and always efficient.

In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its be...

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I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confide...

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The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.

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Martin Van Buren

U.S. President

Born: 1782-12-05

Died: 1862-07-24

Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), nicknamed "Old Kinderhook", was the eighth president of the United States of America. He was the first president born after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the first not of British descent, and the only U.S. president whose first language was not English (it was Dutch).More