Andrew Jackson Quotes

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Andrew Jackson

Profession : President

Birth : March 15, 1767

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.

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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

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The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.

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No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

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The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

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Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.

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Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit.

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I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

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Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that... the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations.

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Disunion by force is treason.

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In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.

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There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of the Union. Should such an event ever happen, which I fervently pray God to avert, from that date I view our liberty gone.

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Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy new motives for patriotic affection and support.

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As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.

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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

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The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once.

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We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government.

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Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me.

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I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.

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I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life.

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