I have been strengthened, too, in the propriety of this course by the conviction that all efforts to go beyond this tend only to produce dissatisfaction and distrust, to excite jealousies, and to provoke resistance.
Van Buren believes that exceeding the limits of government powers leads to public dissatisfaction and resistance.
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