...Jackson said: "The duties of all public officers are so plain and simple that men of intelligence can readily qualify themselves for their performance ;...continuance of men in office than is generally to be gained from their experience." 63. Increasing demand for experts in government. In more recent years there...

...simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance; and I can not but believe that more is lost by the long continuance...than is generally to be gained by their experience. I submit, therefore, to your consideration whether the efficiency of the Government would not be promoted...

...may readily qualify themselves for their performance ; and I can not but believe that more is lost bv the long continuance of men in office than is generally to be gained from their experience." Under the stimulus of this idea, it became an accepted practice to make the...

...office. They felt that this would make officials feel themselves a class apart. Jackson wrote in 1829: "The duties of all public officers are, or at least...performance; and I cannot but believe that more is lost by long continuance of men in office than is generally to be gained by their experience." The view that...

...must all be paid. President Jackson himself argued that "the duties of all public officers are, at or least admit of being made, so plain and simple that...performance; and I cannot but believe that more is lost by long continuance of men in office than is generally to be gained by their experience." 6 This general...

...must all be paid. President Jackson himself argued that "the duties of all public officers are, at or least admit of being made, so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily 295 qualify themselves for their performance; and I cannot but believe that more is lost by long continuance...

...replacing the trustee vision with a profoundly egalitarian one. The duties of all public offices are. . .so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance;. . . more is lost by long continuance in office then is gained by their experience.'1 Any man — everyman...

...overcome this elitist system, Jackson offered a startlingly new conception of government employment: "The duties of all public officers are, or at least...readily qualify themselves for their performance; and I can not but believe that more is lost by the long continuance of men in office than is generally gained...

...its cue from Andrew Jackson himself who had told Congress that the duties of officeholders could be made 'so plain and simple that men of intelligence...readily qualify themselves for their performance'. According to Governor John Barry of Michigan 'plain men of sound heads and honest hearts are found...

...the formal and official defense of rotation was stated by Andrew Jackson in his first annual message: "The duties of all public officers are, or at least...readily qualify themselves for their performance. . . . In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any...