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Andrew Jackson: “Our political system would thus present the anomaly of a people stripped of the right to foster their own industry and…”

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Our political system would thus present the anomaly of a people stripped of the right to foster their own industry and to counteract the most selfish and destructive policy which might be adopted by foreign nations.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Jackson argues that a political system should allow its citizens to support their own industries against foreign policies.

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