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58 Thought-Provoking Quotes By Andrew Jackson

Famous As: 7th President of the United States
Born On: March 15, 1767
Died On: June 8, 1845
Born In: Waxhaws
Died At Age: 78
Andrew Jackson was a distinguished American statesman and solider who also served as the seventh President of the country. Prior to being elected as the president, he gained recognition in the United States Army as a general and also served in both the houses of the Congress. Besides being one of the greatest presidents in the history of America, he was also a planter and lawyer. He became the first president who embraced the powers of presidency in true sense. His thoughts, views, opinions and works were strongly directed towards preserving the union and competence of democracy. He is also considered as the one of the most influential, aggressive and controversial figures in American history. Read through the quotes and sayings by Andrew Jackson which have been curated from his speeches, thoughts, work and life.
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When I have Suffered sufficiently, the Lord will then take me to himself

When I have Suffered sufficiently, the Lord will then take me to himself

Andrew Jackson
It's a darn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.

It's a darn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.

Andrew Jackson
Heaven will be heaven only if my wife is there.

Heaven will be heaven only if my wife is there.

Andrew Jackson
Elevate those guns a little lower.

Elevate those guns a little lower.

Andrew Jackson
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.

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.

Andrew Jackson
John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.

John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.

Andrew Jackson
The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.

The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.

Andrew Jackson
The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.

The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.

Andrew Jackson
I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.

I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.

Andrew Jackson
I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn't have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.

I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn't have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.

Andrew Jackson
It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word.

It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word.

Andrew Jackson

Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that... the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations.

Andrew Jackson
I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life.

I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life.

Andrew Jackson
Marshall made his decision, now let him enforce it.

Marshall made his decision, now let him enforce it.

Andrew Jackson
One man with courage makes a majority.

One man with courage makes a majority.

Andrew Jackson
Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me.

Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me.

Andrew Jackson
The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once.

The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once.

Andrew Jackson
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

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
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.

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.

Andrew Jackson
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.

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.

Andrew Jackson
To the victors belong the spoils.

To the victors belong the spoils.

Andrew Jackson
Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy new motives for patriotic affection and support.

Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy new motives for patriotic affection and support.

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

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

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

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

Andrew Jackson
Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down.

Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down.

Andrew Jackson
Disunion by force is treason.

Disunion by force is treason.

Andrew Jackson
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.

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

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

Andrew Jackson
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.

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
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
All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

Andrew Jackson
War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

Andrew Jackson
I have always been afraid of banks.

I have always been afraid of banks.

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

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

Andrew Jackson
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.

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

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

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
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
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.

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.

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
You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

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

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

Andrew Jackson
Our Federal Union - It Must Be Preserved

Our Federal Union - It Must Be Preserved

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.

Andrew Jackson
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.

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 Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.

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

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

Andrew Jackson
Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.

Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.

Andrew Jackson
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
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 is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

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 is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

Andrew Jackson

I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.

Andrew Jackson

The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.

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.

Andrew Jackson

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

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit.

Andrew Jackson

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.

Andrew Jackson