The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. Andrew Jackson More Quotes by Andrew Jackson More Quotes From Andrew Jackson When the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. Andrew Jackson procrastinationtimethinking Thomas Paine needs no monument made with hands; he has erected a monument in the hearts of all lovers of liberty. Andrew Jackson atheismhearthands 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 libertyviewsideas I am fearful that the paper system will ruin the state. Its demoralizing effects are already seen and spoken of everywhere. I therefore protest against receiving any of that trash. Andrew Jackson ruinsreceivingpaper 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 its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it. Andrew Jackson 4th-of-julylifecountry Free from public debt, at peace with all the world, and with no complicated interests to consult in our intercourse with foreign powers, the present may be hailed as the epoch in our history the most favorable for the settlement of those principles in our domestic policy which shall be best calculated to give stability to our Republic and secure the blessings of freedom to our citizens. Andrew Jackson principlesblessinggiving It is pleasing to reflect that results so beneficial, not only to the States immediately concerned, but to the harmony of the Union, will have been accomplished by measures equally advantageous to the Indians. What the native savages become when surrounded by a dense population and by mixing with the whites may be seen in the miserable remnants of a few Eastern tribes, deprived of political and civil rights, forbidden to make contracts, and subjected to guardians, dragging out a wretched existence, without excitement, without hope, and almost without thought. Andrew Jackson unionspoliticalrights Were all the worshippers of the gold calf to memorialize me and request a restoration of the deposits I would cut my right hand from my body before I would do such an act. The gold calf may be worshipped by others but as for myself I serve the Lord. Andrew Jackson cuttinggoldhands If congress has the right under the Constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to use themselves, not to be delegated to individuals or corporations. Andrew Jackson issuesgovernmenthistorical Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority. Andrew Jackson innovationsourceauthority I not only rejoice, but congratulate my beloved country Texas is reannexed, and the safety, prosperity, and the greatest interest of the whole Union is secured by this great and important national act. Andrew Jackson safetytexascountry It is a well-settled principle of the international code that where one nation owes another a liquidated debt which it refuses or neglects to pay the aggrieved party may seize on the property belonging to the other, its citizens or subjects, sufficient to pay the debt without giving just cause of war. Andrew Jackson partygivingwar I carried $5000 when I went to Washington. I returned with barely $90 in our pockets. Andrew Jackson pockets My political enemies I can freely forgive; but as for who abused me when I was serving my country in the field, and those who attacked me for serving my country -- Doctor, that is a different case. Andrew Jackson doctorspoliticalcountry I trust in due time to lay the perfidy, meanness, and wickedness of [Henry] Clay naked before the American people. I have lately got an intimation of some of his secret movements, which, if I can reach with positive and responsible proof, I will wield to his political, and perhaps his actual, destruction. Andrew Jackson politicalsecretpeople I could not do otherwise without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President and without feeling that I might in some degree disturb the security which religion nowadays enjoys in this country in its complete separation from the political concerns of the General Government. Andrew Jackson politicalgovernmentcountry I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed. Andrew Jackson united-statesprincipleslaw I am now eased in my finances and replenished in my wardrobe. Andrew Jackson wardrobefinancegambling The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but to have only such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve. Andrew Jackson influenceactingmay To extraordinary powers of labor, both mental and physical, he unites that tact and judgement which are requisite to the successful direction of such an office as that of Chief Magistrate of a free people. 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