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People are my religion/Because I believe in them.
Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1767
Born: March 15
Died: 1845
Died: June 8
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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
Andrew Jackson
Being the dependents of the general government, and looking to its treasury as the source of all their emoluments, the state officers, under whatever names they might pass and by whatever forms their duties might be prescribed, would in effect be the mere stipendiaries and instruments of the central power.
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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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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.
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Too much praise cannot be bestowed on those who managed my artillery.
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I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.
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Corporations have neither bodies to kick, nor souls to damn.
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This spirit of mob-law is becoming as great an evil as a servile war.
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Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
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Thomas Paine needs no monument made with hands he has erected a monument in the hearts of all lovers of liberty.
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I do not promise to believe tomorrow exactly what I believe today, and I do not believe today exactly what I believed yesterday. I expect to make, as I have made, some honest progress within every succeeding twenty-four hours.
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My political enemies I can freely forgive but as for who abused me when I was serving my country in the field, and those who attacked me for serving my country -- Doctor, that is a different case.
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I do not forget that I am a mechanic. I am proud to own it. Neither do I forget that the apostle Paul was a tentmaker Socrates was a sculptor and Archimedes was a mechanic.
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In a free government the demand for moral qualities should be made superior to that of talents.
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I could not do otherwise without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President and without feeling that I might in some degree disturb the security which religion nowadays enjoys in this country in its complete separation from the political concerns of the General Government.
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I have always been afraid of banks.
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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.
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The bank...is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!
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Oh, do not cry - be good children and we will all meet in heaven.
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The Supreme Court has made its decision, now let them enforce it.
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