26 Quotes by Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. A controversial figure in American history, Jackson is remembered for his populist policies and his role in the forced relocation of Native American tribes, known as the Trail of Tears. He also championed the expansion of democracy and the rights of the common people. Jackson's legacy is complex, and his actions and policies continue to be the subject of debate among historians and politicians alike. (Bio)
Andrew Jackson Quotes
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. (Meaning)
I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
You are a den of vipers. I intend to rout you out and by the Eternal God I will rout you out. If the people only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking system, there would be a revolution before morning.
After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.
When you get in debt you become a slave. (Meaning)
When the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
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.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.
From the earliest ages of history to the present day there never have been thirteen millions of people associated in one political body who enjoyed so much freedom and happiness as the people of these United States. You have no longer any cause to fear danger from abroad... It is from within, among yourselves - from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power.
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
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.
Every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add... artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges—to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful— the humble members of society—the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government.
The Supreme Court has made its decision, now let them enforce it.
The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.
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.
Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.
No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.
In a free government the demand for moral qualities should be made superior to that of talents.
I do not promise to believe tomorrow exactly what I believe today, and I do not believe today exactly what I believed yesterday. I expect to make, as I have made, some honest progress within every succeeding twenty-four hours.
I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to a republic; inasmuch as it is calculated to raise around the administration a moneyed aristocracy dangerous to the liberties of the country.
[The Bible] is the rock on which our Republic rests.
The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer...form the great body of the people of the United States they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.
Who are we? And for what are we going to fight? Are we the titled slaves of George the Third? The military conscripts of Napoleon the Great? Or the frozen peasants of the Russian Czar? No -- we are the free born sons of America; the citizens of the only republic now existing in the world; and the only people on earth who possess rights, liberties, and property which they dare call their own.
The President is the direct representative of the American people and is elected by the people and responsible to them.
― Andrew Jackson Quotes
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