Quotes By 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.

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

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.

Disunion by force is treason.

I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.

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.

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.

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

To the victors belong the spoils.

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

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

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.

Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.

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.

I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.

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

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.

The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.