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If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the legislatures of the States.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits…”
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He argues that while laws affecting private interests are sometimes unavoidable, they should be limited and managed at the state level when possible.
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