Body Quote by Andrew Jackson

Had Calhoun been advised by me, he would have been the most popular man in the United States.

— Duff Green

I'll be a governor that fights for Kentucky families.

— Andy Beshear

If I had to write down the most important people in the history of this planet, No.1 would be (abolitionist) John Brown. Why? Because…

— Dick Gregory

“To my countrymen who gave unto themselves the constitution but not the ability to keep it,who inherited resplendent heritage but not the wisdom to…

— Nani Palkhiwala

“Despite a legacy consisting of enough violence and death for twenty men, Jackson admitted to having two regrets on his deathbed: “I didn’t shoot…

— Daniel O'Brien

If segregationists had their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate today, I would not be a top contender…

— Kamala Harris

“Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, who had spent much of his youth in Europe, expressed surprise and shock when John C. Calhoun, a…

— David Brion Davis

Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace."

— Winfield Scott

“FROM THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR, Abraham Lincoln recognized the pivotal role of Kentucky, a centrally located buffer state between North and South. “I…

— Ron Chernow

“Most striking, however, was the position taken in the 1840s by William Lloyd Garrison and his wing of the abolitionist movement. The Garrisonians had…

— Don E. Fehrenbacher

Abraham Lincoln is the guy who could never be elected today, but whom we desperately wish we could elect.

— Bill Oberst Jr

“I hope to have God on my side; but I must have Kentucky,” Lincoln reputedly said.”

— Robert L. O'Connell