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Andrew Jackson: “To suppose that because our Government has been instituted for the benefit of the people it must therefore have the…”

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To suppose that because our Government has been instituted for the benefit of the people it must therefore have the power to do what ever may seem to conduce to the public good is an error into which even honest minds are too apt to fall.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Jackson critiques the misconception that government should have the power to act solely for the public good.

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