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Andrew Jackson was an American military general and the seventh president of the United States. His presidency marked an era of significant political change and the rise of the "common man" in American politics. He is remembered both for his controversial policies and his strong, populist leadership style. Here are 84 of his quotes:

You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out. (Andrew Jackson)
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. View quote
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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. View quote
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Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission. View quote
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War is a blessing compared with national degradation. View quote
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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. View quote
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I have always been afraid of banks. View quote
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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. View quote
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Disunion by force is treason. View quote
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Elevate those guns a little lower. View quote
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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 union of these states, although it may cost me my life. (Andrew Jackson)
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. View quote
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There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of the Union. Should such an event ever happen, which I fervently pray God to avert, from that date I view our liberty gone. View quote
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The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble. View quote
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I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President. View quote
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Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. View quote
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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. View quote
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In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges. View quote
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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. View quote
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We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government. View quote
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I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life. (Andrew Jackson)
If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword. View quote
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They must be either for or against us. Distrust them and you make them your enemies, place confidence in them, and you engage them by every dear and honorable tie to the interest of the country, who extends to them equal rights and privileges with white men. View quote
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In the performance of a task thus generally delineated I shall endeavor to select men whose diligence and talents will insure in their respective stations able and faithful cooperation, depending for the advancement of the public service more on the integrity and zeal of the public officers than on their numbers. View quote
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Never take counsel of your fears. View quote
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Occupation: American President
Born: March 15, 1767
Died: June 8, 1845
Quotes count: 84
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