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If we may dare to judge of His future designs by the manner in which His past favors have been bestowed, He has made our national prosperity to depend on the preservation of our liberties, our national force on our Federal Union, and our individual happiness on the maintenance of our State rights and wise institutions.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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Jackson reflects on the importance of liberty, union, and state rights for national prosperity.

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