Martin Van Buren actually said...

"The weight which presses upon a large portion of the people and the States is an enormous debt, foreign and domestic."

"The present condition of the defenses of our principal seaports and navy-yards calls for the early and serious attention of Congress"

"The financial operations of the Government during the present year have, I am happy to say, been very successful."

"Simplicity and economy in the affairs of state have never failed to chasten and invigorate republican principles, while these have been as surely subverted by national prodigality."