Quotes by : Andrew Jackson

In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges....

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire....

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption....

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

The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United....

Take time to deliberate but when the time for action arrives stop thinking and go in.

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King....

As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will;....

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

It is an infirmity of our nature to mingle our interests and prejudices with the operation of our reasoning....