Martin Van Buren - There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for ...

Martin Van Buren Zitate

There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives and fortunes of his fellow-citizens.

Martin Van Buren

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Es gibt eine Macht in der öffentlichen Meinung in diesem Land - und ich danke Gott dafür: denn es ist die ehrlichste und beste aller Mächte -, die einen unfähigen oder unwürdigen Mann nicht dulden wird, um das Leben und seine schwachen oder bösen Hände zu halten Vermögen seiner Mitbürger.

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