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By Andrew Jackson
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
- Source
- Veto Message (Re-authorization of the Bank of the United States), July 10, 1832
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- The American Presidency Project (text follows the Public Papers of the Presidents)
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From President Jackson's veto message of July 10, 1832, returning to the Senate the bill to renew the charter of the Second Bank of the United States.