Law Quotes by Andrew Jackson

8 Law quotes by Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson’s remarks on law echo the frontier spirit of his era. Across eight concise lines he conveys a rugged, populist view of governance and justice, offering a snapshot of his historical voice.

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

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I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of…

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I find virtue to be found amongst the farmers of the country alone, not about courts, where courtiers dwell.

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The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.

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Private property is held sacred in all good governments, and particularly in our own. Yet shall the fear of invading it prevent…

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Every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add... artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities,…

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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…

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This spirit of mob-law is becoming as great an evil as a servile war.

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Disunion by force is treason.

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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.

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It is a well-settled principle of the international code that where one nation owes another a liquidated debt which it refuses or neglects to…

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Desperate courage makes One a majority.

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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;…

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“The mischief springs from the power which the monied interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude…

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Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority.

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Temporize not! It is always injurious.

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The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but…

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Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such ambitious men who would involve their country in civil wars, and all the evils…

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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…

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To extraordinary powers of labor, both mental and physical, he unites that tact and judgement which are requisite to the successful direction of such…

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