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The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and a friend to her foe

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Andrew Jackson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1767
Born: March 15
Died: 1845
Died: June 8
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I carried $5000 when I went to Washington. I returned with barely $90 in our pockets.
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Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.
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The bank...is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!
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You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out.
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Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven. I want to meet you all, white and black, in Heaven. Our Federal Union! It must be preserved! [Toast at a celebration of Thomas Jefferson's birthday, April 13 1830]
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If in madness of delusion, anyone shall lift his parricidal hand against this blessed union, the arms of thousands will be raised to save it, and the curse of millions will fall upon the head which may have plotted its destruction.
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