Martin Van Buren actually said...

"Nothing can compensate a people for a dependence upon others for the bread they eat."

"Most of the arguments that dissuade us from employing banks in the custody and disbursement of the public money apply with equal force to the receipt of their notes for public dues."

"It is indispensable that its finances should be untrammeled and its resources as far as practicable unencumbered."

"I withheld my approval from the joint resolution."