Quote by Andrew Jackson Download Open image “To the victors belong the spoils.” — Andrew Jackson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
The general principle is that the victors don't look at themselves or concede anything. The defeated typically have to, except when it's beneficial to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
That is what always happens: we never know whether we are victors or whether we are defeated. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. — Neville Chamberlain 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 of corporations with exclusive privileges which they have succeeded in obtaining...and unless you become more watchful in your states and check this spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share
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