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Macon was a marked advocate of [[states' rights]] and decentralized government, aligning with the [[Anti-Federalists]] during the passage of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]], and later joining the [[Democratic-Republican|Jeffersonian Republicans]]. His opposition to a strong protective [[tariff]] and to federal interference with [[slavery]], and his support for the doctrines of [[nullification]] and [[secession]], made him an important transitional figure between [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[John C. Calhoun]], who was greatly influenced by Macon's views.
Macon was a marked advocate of [[states' rights]] and decentralized government, aligning with the [[Anti-Federalists]] during the passage of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]], and later joining the [[Democratic-Republican|Jeffersonian Republicans]]. His opposition to a strong protective [[tariff]] and to federal interference with [[slavery]], and his support for the doctrines of [[nullification]] and [[secession]], made him an important transitional figure between [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[John C. Calhoun]], who was greatly influenced by Macon's views.
==Quotes==
"The people suspect something is not right when free discussion is feared by government. They know that truth is not afraid of investigation." -Nathaniel Macon
"Some people think borrowing five or six millions a trifling thing. We may leave it for our children to pay. This is unjust. If we contract a debt we ought to pay it, and not leave it to your children. What should we think of a father who would run in debt and leave it for his children to pay?" -Macon
"His integrity, his indefatigable attention to business, and his long experience give him a weight of character and consideration which few men of superior minds ever acquire." -[[John Quincy Adams]] on Macon
"The attempt to govern too much has produced every civil war that ever has been, and will, probably, every one that ever may be." -Macon
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