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. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
When death comes, he respects neither age nor merit. He sweeps from the earthly existence the sick and the strong, the rich and the poor, and should teach us to live to be prepared for death. — 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
