All Andrew Jackson Quotes
- 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
- 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