Quotes by : Andrew Jackson

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

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

We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy....

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

To the victors belong the spoils.

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign....

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

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

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