1、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
2、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
3、There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.-Andrew Jackson
4、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
5、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
6、It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.-Andrew Jackson
7、I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.-Andrew Jackson
8、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
9、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
10、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
11、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
12、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
13、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
14、Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.-Andrew Jackson
15、There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.-Andrew Jackson
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