Martin Van Buren/Quotes

Inaugural address (1837)

 * Martin Van Buren's Inaugural Address (March 4, 1837)

"I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor."

"All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess."