Men do not get up and do mischief, without there is someone in the head of it. Andrew Jackson More Quotes by Andrew Jackson More Quotes From Andrew Jackson The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and a friend to her foe Andrew Jackson government rights country 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 presidential depth soul Heaven will be heaven only if my wife is there. Andrew Jackson my-wife wife heaven Desperate courage makes One a majority. Andrew Jackson majority-and-minority majority courage What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms, embellished with all the improvements which art can devise or industry execute. Andrew Jackson men country art 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 independent should-have years Disunion by force is treason. Andrew Jackson treason force Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such ambitious men who would involve their country in civil wars, and all the evils in its train that they might reign & ride on its whirlwinds & direct the Storm The free people of these United States have spoken, and consigned these wicked demagogues to their proper doom. Andrew Jackson fate war country Oh, do not cry - be good children and we will all meet in heaven. Andrew Jackson dying heaven children Being satisfied, from observation and experience, as well as from medical testimony, that ardent spirit as a drink is not only needless but hurtful; and that the entire disuse of it would tend to promote the health, the virtue, and the happiness of the community, we hereby express our convention that should the citizens of the United States, and especially ALL YOUNG MEN, discontinue entirely the use of it, they would not only promote their own personal benefit, but the good of our country and the world. Andrew Jackson community men country Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven. I want to meet you all, white and black, in Heaven. Our Federal Union! It must be preserved! [Toast at a celebration of Thomas Jefferson's birthday, April 13 1830] Andrew Jackson white heaven children Their object is disunion. Andrew Jackson civil-war objects war 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. Andrew Jackson dinner want long Elevate those guns a little lower. Andrew Jackson patriotic gun littles His [the President's] earnest desire is, that you may perpetuated and preserved as a nation; and this he believes can only be doneand secured by your consent to remove to a country beyond the Mississippi.... Where you are, it is not possible you can live contented and happy. Andrew Jackson desire believe country Freemasonry is an establishment founded on the benevolent intention of extending and conferring mutual happiness upon the best and truest principles of moral life and social virtue. Andrew Jackson masonic moral principles I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life. Andrew Jackson regret wish feelings 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 simplicity government kings Too much praise cannot be bestowed on those who managed my artillery. Andrew Jackson too-much military praise John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it! Andrew Jackson
