“War is a blessing compared with national degradation.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: war
Tags: war, Andrew Jackson
Tag: Andrew Jackson
The people are the government, administering it
“The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: government
Tags: government, Andrew Jackson
Our government is founded upon the intelligence
“Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: intelligence
Tags: intelligence, Andrew Jackson
The duty of government is to leave
“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.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: government
Tags: government, Andrew Jackson
I cannot consent that my mortal body
“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.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: government
Tags: government, Andrew Jackson
The great constitutional corrective in the hands
“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 this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: great
Tags: great, Andrew Jackson
As long as our government is administered
“As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: good
Tags: good, Andrew Jackson
Fear not, the people may be deluded
“Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: fear
Tags: fear, Andrew Jackson
Money is power, and in that government
“Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: government
Tags: government, Andrew Jackson
The people are the government, administering it
“The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: power
Tags: power, Andrew Jackson
One man with courage makes a majority.
“One man with courage makes a majority.”
— Andrew Jackson
Author: Andrew Jackson
Category: courage
Tags: courage, Andrew Jackson