"The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity." ― Martin Van Buren Topic(s): Change More From Martin Van Buren "The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations." "I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men… in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor." "On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success." More In Change "Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people’s minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide."― Barbara Deming "We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing."― R. D. Laing "The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."― Alan Watts