Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
Andrew JacksonToward the aborigines of the country no one can indulge a more friendly feeling than myself, or would go further in attempting to reclaim them from their wandering habits and make them a happy, prosperous people.
Andrew JacksonI consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed.
Andrew JacksonFrom his proceedings in Congress, he appears demented, and his actings and doings inspire my pity more than anger.
Andrew Jackson