Andrew Jackson Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Elevate those guns a little lower.”

“Disunion by force is treason.”