Andrew Jackson: “I can not think it proper, in a matter of such vital interest, to approve a bill so liable to diversity of…”

Mutual suspicions and reproaches may in time create mutual hostility.

The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.

Local interests would still be found there, and unchastened ambition.

If we turn to our relations with foreign powers, we find our condition equally gratifying.