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Martin Van Buren

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Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), nicknamed "Old Kinderhook", was the 8th President of the United States.

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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."[1]    
Simple: Everything we have learned from the past will be wasted if we only trust in the helpful things we have.

References

  1. Inaugural Address (March 4, 1837)

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