Andrew Jackson Quotes

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• Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. All
• When you get in debt you become a slave. Debt
• Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well. Always Lay
• Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission. American
• Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments Blessing
• Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high… Acts
• You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out. Den
• I feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the… Cost
• Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations… Able
• The bold effort the present (central) bank had made to control the government ... are but premonitions of the fate that await the American people… American
• You are a den of vipers. I intend to rout you out and by the Eternal God I will rout you out. If the people… Banking
• Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there. Heaven
• It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give… Attention
• I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn't have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey. Cards
• John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body. Body
• Heaven will be heaven only if my wife is there. Heaven
• In a free government the demand for moral qualities should be made superior to that of talents. Demand
• All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and… All
• I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life. Any
• I have always been afraid of banks. Afraid

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