To avoid this and to keep the expenditures within reasonable bounds is a duty second only in importance to the preservation of our national character and the protection of our citizens in their civil and political rights.
Van Buren emphasizes the importance of managing government expenditures to uphold national character and protect citizens' rights.
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Applications have been frequently made at the Mint for copies of medals voted at different times by Congress to the officers who distinguished themselves in the War of the Revolution and in the last war
Our safest reliance for financial efficiency and independence has, on the contrary, been found to consist in ample resources unencumbered with debt...
I transmit herewith to the House of Representatives of the United States a report from the Director of the Mint, exhibiting the operations of that institution during the year 1840
With all the powers of the world our relations are those of honorable peace.
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