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Andrew Jackson: “Experience abundantly demonstrates that every precaution in this respect is a valuable safe-guard of liberty, and one…”

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Experience abundantly demonstrates that every precaution in this respect is a valuable safe-guard of liberty, and one which my reflections upon the tendencies of our system incline me to think should be made still stronger.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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Jackson asserts that precautions against private interests are vital safeguards of liberty.

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