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.