“The mischief springs from the power which the monied interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Trusting as we did to the virtue of the people, the real people, not the politicians and demagogues, we passed through the… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
In this point of the case the question is distinctly presented whether the people of the United States are to govern through… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Private property is held sacred in all good governments, and particularly in our own. Yet shall the fear of invading it prevent… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
There are no necessary evils in government. It's evils exist only in it's abuses. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business,… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Being the dependents of the general government, and looking to its treasury as the source of all their emoluments, the state officers,… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
My political enemies I can freely forgive; but as for who abused me when I was serving my country in the field,… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
The bold effort the present (central) bank had made to control the government ... are but premonitions of the fate that await… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy,… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
In a free government the demand for moral qualities should be made superior to that of talents. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
“If our liberty and republican form of government, procured for us by our revolutionary fathers, are worth the blood and treasure at… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes,” — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection,… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
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… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage;… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
“The mischief springs from the power which the monied interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such ambitious men who would involve their country in civil wars, and all the evils… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
To extraordinary powers of labor, both mental and physical, he unites that tact and judgement which are requisite to the successful direction of such… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
