Quote by Andrew Jackson
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and

The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none. – Andrew Jackson

Other quotes by Andrew Jackson

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. – Andrew Jackson

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Government
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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. – Andrew Jackson

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Government
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The people are the government, administering it by their agents they are the government, the sovereign power. – Andrew Jackson

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Government
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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I buy when other people are selling. – J. Paul Getty

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Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. – Paul Tournier

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To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. – J. Paul Getty

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Government is dysfunctional. – Michael Bloomberg

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In all men is evil sleeping; the good man is he who will not awaken it, in himself or in other men. – Mary Renault

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Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality. – Alice Paul

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