What makes this Festschrift exceptional? Many participants contribute significantly and originally — in the full spirit of the teachings of the man they honor. The highest form of academic recognition.
The people must constantly keep their Government small and local, and even then must watch it with great vigilance lest it run amok. That is the great Jeffersonian lesson, and it is one that all Americans must begin to learn again.
Jackson deserves a cherished place in the hearts of all Americans: By the time he left office, for the first time and the last time in the history of America, he had wiped out all of our public debt.
