A biography for Andrew Jacksonhasn’t been written yet.
“It is an infirmity of our nature to mingle our interests and prejudices with the operation of our reasoning powers, and attribute to the objects of our likes and dislikes qualities they do not possess and effects they can not produce.”
“In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.”
“The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once.”
“If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword.”
“The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.”
“To the victors belong the spoils.”
“I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.”
“I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.”
“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.”
“רוזוולט הכריז לא אחת כי אנדרו ג'קסון שימש לו דמות מופת, שהוא לומד ממנה יום יום כיצד לנהל את משרתו הסבוכה.”
“ברברי שאינו מסוגל לאיית את שמו שלו.”
“ילדיי היקרים, חבריי ומשרתיי, אני מקווה ובטוח כי אפגוש את כולכם בגן העדן, שחורים ולבנים כאחד.”
“קח זמן כדי לחשוב, אבל כאשר הזמן לפעול מגיע, הפסק לחשוב ופעל.”
“הבנק מנסה להרוג אותי, אבל אני אהרוג אותו!”
“רבים מעשירי ארצנו עדיין לא משלימים עם עיקרון שוויון הזכויות, ומפצירים בנו לעשות אותם עשירים עוד יותר באמצעות הצעת חוק.”
“אדם אחד אמיץ יוצר רוב.”