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Andrew Jackson Quotes

"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 of the United States."

"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 of the United States"

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

"There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it."

"One man with courage makes a majority."

"Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there."

"The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality."
Equality

"It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes."

"Elevate those guns a little lower."

"The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger."

"Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms."

"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 its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it."

"Never take counsel of your fears."

"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."

"Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error."

"Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in."

"It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word."

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

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