The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer...form the great body of the people of the United States they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.
Andrew JacksonMoney is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
Andrew JacksonThe great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.
Andrew JacksonI feel in the depths of my soul that it is the highest, most sacred, and most irreversible part of my obligation to preserve the union of these states, although it may cost me my life.
Andrew JacksonThomas Paine needs no monument made with hands; he has erected a monument in the hearts of all lovers of liberty.
Andrew JacksonYou must, to get through life well, practice industry with economy, never create a debt for anything that is not absolutely necessary, and if you make a promise to pay money at a day certain, be sure to comply with it. If you do not, you lay yourself liable to have your feelings injured and your reputation destroyed with the just imputation of violating your word.
Andrew Jackson