“Grant had overwhelmingly won the electoral vote, and had garnered the largest popular majority of the century, nearly 56 percent of the… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The president was not the most important political player in the 19th century. Besides Jefferson at the beginning, Andrew Jackson and Abraham… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
“Thus, in that inevitable taking of sides which comes from selection and emphasis in history, I prefer to try to tell the… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“On Andrew Jackson: "His native strength compelled every man to be his tool that came within his reach; and the more cunning… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“It was a twenty, but instead of Andrew Jackson on the face, I saw Grover Cleveland,” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The United States of Andrew Jackson or George Washington is not the United States of Frederick Douglass or Sitting Bull. But we… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned… — Franklin D Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Over 140 witnesses, including Andrew Jackson, were lined up to testify during the trial, and much like the Marbury v. Madison case… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“A Creek man more than a hundred years old, named Speckled Snake, reacted to Andrew Jackson’s policy of removal: Brothers! I have… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
She has an aura of beauty unlike anything a man will ever witness again in his lifetime, but on the good side… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Do you know what causes low voter turnout in America? It's the result of having the fate of our nation at stake.… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
Andrew Jackson was the first one to think up the idea to promise everybody that if they will vote for you, you… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“You don’t have to go down that extra path to the slave quarters, or to see Alfred’s cabin behind the giant mansion.… — Brady Carlson Copy Share Image
“But as a war time president James Madison did not display dynamic leadership. Andrew Jackson acknowledged Madison " a great civilian," but… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
“If, then, to meanest mariners, and renegades and castaways, I shall hereafter ascribe high qualities, though dark; weave round them tragic graces;… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“RESISTANCE TO CHANGE? “The canal system of this country is being threatened by the spread of a new form of transportation known… — Leslie W. Rue Copy Share Image
Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
“Always take all the time to reflect that circumstances permit, but when the time for action has come, stop thinking. (Andrew Jackson)” — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my… — Davy Crockett Copy Share Image
“warfare would be waged west of the Mississippi as it had been earlier against the Abenakis, Cherokees, Shawnees, Muskogees, and even Christian… — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
“The Bible takes a stand on every major issue we deal with today from abortion, gay marriage, self-defense, alcohol, sex, private property… — Mark Cahill Copy Share Image
If we may say that the Age of Andrew Jackson took political life out of the hands of aristocrats and turned it… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
“Among the precepts that Andrew Jackson's mother taught him were never to sue anybody for slander or for assault and battery: "Always… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
