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Quotation from First Inaugural Address by Andrew Jackson

“The management of the public revenue--that searching operation in all governments--is among the most delicate and important trusts in ours, and it will, of course, demand no inconsiderable share of my official solicitude”

Andrew Jackson

First Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, fifth paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938)

Jackson begins his section on revenue, debt, and economy.

Citation: "The management of the public revenue--that searching operation in all governments--is among the most delicate and important trusts in ours, and it will, of course, demand no inconsiderable share of my official solicitude" — Andrew Jackson, First Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, fifth paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id jackson-first-inaugural-address-q5)

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