Andrew Jackson
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.

Andrew Jackson
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.

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

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

Andrew Jackson
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
Andrew Jackson

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

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

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

Andrew Jackson
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.

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

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

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

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

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

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

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

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

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

To the victors belong the spoils.

Andrew Jackson
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
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.

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

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

Andrew Jackson
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.

Andrew Jackson
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.

Andrew Jackson
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.

Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson

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