Martin Van Buren: Trust

Martin Van Buren was American politician, 8th President of the United States (in office from 1837 to 1841). Explore interesting quotes on trust.
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“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.”

Martin Van Buren

Inaugural address (1837)

History

“The practice of all my predecessors imposes on me an obligation I cheerfully fulfill—to accompany the first and solemn act of my public trust with an avowal of the principles that will guide me in performing it and an expression of my feelings on assuming a charge so responsible and vast.”

Martin Van Buren

Inaugural address (1837)

Feeling

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

Martin Van Buren

Inaugural address (1837)

Men , People , Confidence