All Andrew Jackson Quotes
- I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President. Guard
- It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President… Constitution
- I say to you never involve yourself in debt, and become no man's surety. Debt
- The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power. Administering
- The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble. Constitution
- The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in… All
- The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and… Agents
- The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer...form the great body of the people of the United States they are the bone and sinew… Body
- Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find… Check
- War is a blessing compared with national degradation. Blessing
- I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me. Born
- The Judas of the West has closed the contract and will receive the thirty pieces of silver. . . . Was there ever witnessed such… Any
- The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but to… Acting
- I do not promise to believe tomorrow exactly what I believe today, and I do not believe today exactly what I believed yesterday. I expect… Believe
- From the earliest ages of history to the present day there have never been thirteen millions of people associated in one political body who enjoyed… Abroad
- Toward the aborigines of the country no one can indulge a more friendly feeling than myself, or would go further in attempting to reclaim them… Aborigines
- It is pleasing to reflect that results so beneficial, not only to the States immediately concerned, but to the harmony of the Union, will have… Accomplished
- After a harassing warfare, prolonged by the nature of the country and by the difficulty of procuring subsistence, the Indians were entirely defeated, and the… Aggression
- The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law. Arm
- Every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add... artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges—to… Add