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" There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified... "
Messages of Gen. Andrew Jackson: With a Short Sketch of His Life - Page 167
by United States. President (1829-1837 : Jackson) - 1837 - 429 pages
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The Life of John Marshall: The building of the nation, 1815-1835

Albert Jeremiah Beveridge - 1919 - 726 pages
...use. These politicians were William B. Lewis, Amos Kendall, Martin Van Buren, and Samuel Swartwout, Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on...and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing" — thus he runs on to his conclusion.1 The masses of the people, particularly those of the South,...
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The Life of John Marshall: The building of the nation, 1815-1835

Albert Jeremiah Beveridge - 1919 - 722 pages
...complain of the injustice of their Government. "There are no necessary evils in government," says Jackson. "Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as 1 Richardson, n, 584. * Jackson's veto message was used with tremendous effect in the Presidential...
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Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History ...

Samuel Gordon Heiskell - 1921 - 852 pages
...complain of the injustice of their Government. There are no necessary evils in government. Its evil is only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rain, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified...
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The Irresistible Movement of Democracy

John Simpson Penman - 1923 - 754 pages
...securing like favours to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government. ... In the act before me there seems to be a wide and unnecessary departure from these just principles. ... It is time to pause in our career to review our principles, and if possible revive that devoted...
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The Essential American Tradition: An Anthology of Striking and Significant ...

Jesse Lee Bennett - 1925 - 374 pages
...to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government. There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses....unnecessary departure from these just principles. . . . The act referred to was one designed to extend the charter of the Bank of the United States....
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Consolidations and Mergers of Telegraph Operations: Hearings Before a ...

United States. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on interstate commerce - 1942 - 308 pages
...the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If...unnecessary departure from these just principles. • -Ji • •• » ni - tnjimi n( i : i ii it iii i"»i '. liirlr t| f-[«* 11 n « !•« jjrji...
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency - 1963 - 716 pages
...to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of Iheir Government. There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses....unnecessary departure from these just principles. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals and States as much as possible to themselves —...
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The Lost Soul of American Politics: Virtue, Self-Interest, and the ...

John P. Diggins - 1986 - 430 pages
...to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government. There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses....itself to equal protection and, as Heaven does its rain, shower its favors alike on the high and low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified...
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Presidents Above Party: The First American Presidency, 1789-1829

Ralph Ketcham - 1987 - 294 pages
...representative of the people" to strike down the injustices. There arc, Jackson admonished, "no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses....and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing." And this, to the president, meant for the federal government to leave "individuals and the States as...
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The Politics of Individualism: Parties and the American Character in the ...

Lawrence Frederick Kohl - 1991 - 279 pages
...quoted portions of Jackson's Bank Veto Message was that in which he expressed his desire that government "confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven...its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor." The peculiar appeal of this hope to Jacksonian minds was that mere equal treatment suggested...
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