Andrew Jackson Quotes

Andrew Jackson was an American statesman and soldier who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. He was a controversial figure known for his role in expanding presidential power and his policies on Native American removal. Jackson's presidency left a lasting impact on American politics and society, shaping the course of the nation's history.

Nullification means insurrection and war; and the ... -Andrew Jackson

Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down.

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.

The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

War is a blessing compared with national degradati... -Andrew Jackson

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

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This quote juxtaposes war with national degradation, suggesting that war, despite its immense horrors, may be perceived as less detrimental or damaging to a nation's well-being compared to internal decay or decline. It reflects a bleak perspective on the state of a country's affairs.

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.

I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to d... -Andrew Jackson

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

Elevate those guns a little lower.... -Andrew Jackson

Elevate those guns a little lower.

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.

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.

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

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.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

Disunion by force is treason.... -Andrew Jackson

Disunion by force is treason.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its ev... -Andrew Jackson

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

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.

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.

Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy new motives for patriotic affection and support.

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

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.

Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but... -Andrew Jackson

Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me.

I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, whi... -Andrew Jackson

I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life.

Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, ... -Andrew Jackson

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

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.

The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the ... -Andrew Jackson

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

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the b... -Andrew Jackson

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

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.

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 is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

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.

Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my... -Andrew Jackson

Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.

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