Andrew Jackson Quotes

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

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 that… the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations.

In a free government the demand for moral qualities should be made superior to that of talents.

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 of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.

When you get in debt you become a slave.

Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

The Supreme Court has made its decision, now let them enforce it.

Elevate those guns a little lower.

I’ve got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.

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 their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.

The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.

John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.

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.

Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions.

I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.