Andrew Jackson Quotes
Top 76 wise famous quotes and sayings by Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson Famous Quotes & Sayings
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No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
The hydra of corruption is only scotched, not dead. An investigation kills and it and its supporters dead. Let this be had.
I find virtue to be found amongst the farmers of the country alone, not about courts, where courtiers dwell.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another.
After eight years as President I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun.
Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.
The President is the direct representative of the American people and is elected by the people and responsible to them.
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
Thomas Paine needs no monument made with hands; he has erected a monument in the hearts of all lovers of liberty.
From his proceedings in Congress, he appears demented, and his actings and doings inspire my pity more than anger.
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.
The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.
I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn't have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.
If a warden sees cigarette litter being thrown from a car, they will take the number and trace the owner to send them a fine.
This season has been full of rewards. The dinners and banquets just keep on coming. It's great. We want to carry it on as long as we can.
You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out.
The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.