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It would be taking one man's property and giving it to another.
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gutenberg.orgAndrew Jackson: “It would be taking one man's property and giving it to another.”
Editor's note · Context
Jackson critiques the idea of redistributing property from one individual to another, emphasizing the injustice of such a practice.
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