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John Tyler: “I must be permitted to add that no scheme of governmental policy unaided by individual exertions can be available for…”

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I must be permitted to add that no scheme of governmental policy unaided by individual exertions can be available for ameliorating the present condition of things.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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Tyler asserts that government policy alone cannot improve the economic situation without individual efforts.

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