Martin van Buren on government bailing out business losses

Those who look to the action of this government for specific aid to the citizen to relieve embarrassments arising from losses by revulsions in commerce and credit, lose sight of the ends for which it was created, and the powers with which it is clothed. It was established to give security to us all. … It was not intended to confer special favors on individuals. The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for the general prosperity.

~ Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States, 1837

Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
1938