Author: Andrew Jackson

Quotes

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

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

- Andrew Jackson

Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.

Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.

- Andrew Jackson

The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.

The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.

- Andrew Jackson

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

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

- Andrew Jackson

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

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

- Andrew Jackson

I have always been afraid of banks.

I have always been afraid of banks.

- Andrew Jackson

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.

- Andrew Jackson

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

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

- Andrew Jackson

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

- Andrew Jackson

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