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Danh ngôn của Martin Van Buren (Sứ mệnh: 1)

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.
In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large.
It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.
The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.
There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives and fortunes of his fellow-citizens.