Andrew Jackson quotes

Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there. (Andrew Jackson)
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. View quote
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Desperate courage makes One a majority. View quote
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The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power. View quote
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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. View quote
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The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and a friend to her foe. View quote
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Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error. View quote
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Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Corporations have neither bodies to kick, nor souls to damn. (Andrew Jackson)
The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it. View quote
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All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary. View quote
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To the victors belong the spoils. View quote
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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. View quote
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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. View quote
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It is a damned poor mind indeed that can't think of at least two ways of spelling any word. View quote
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Our Federal Union it must be preserved. View quote
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You are uneasy you never sailed with me before, I see. View quote
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The Supreme Court has made its decision, now let them enforce it. View quote
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Oh, do not cry. Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven ... I want to meet you all, white and black, in Heaven. (Andrew Jackson)
But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. View quote
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I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office. View quote
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Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it. View quote
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Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high importance. View quote
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