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When the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

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Andrew Jackson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1767
Born: March 15
Died: 1845
Died: June 8
7Th U.S. President
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Lawyer
Military Officer
Politician
Slaveholder
Statesperson
Old Hickory
President Jackson
A. Jackson
President Andrew Jackson
General Andrew Jackson
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Stop
Action
Time
Thinking
Arrives
Procrastination
Deliberate

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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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