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

Andrew Jackson

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" Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down. "

" 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. "

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

" I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my life. "

" 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 is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it. "

" 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. "

" Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. "

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

" There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it. "

" 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. "

Andrew Jackson

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" War is a blessing compared with national degradation. "

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

" Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result. "

" It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word. "

" 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. "

" Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission. "

" 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. "

" The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power. "

" The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble. "

" The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. "

" Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. "

" Disunion by force is treason. "

Andrew Jackson

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

" You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. "

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

" Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. "

Andrew Jackson

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