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

Quote by Andrew Jackson

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There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of...

There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of...

Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.

Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.

I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day...

I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day...

Every good citizen makes his countrys honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

Every good citizen makes his countrys honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

If history has ended, it has been stopped at remarkable cost to the average US...

If history has ended, it has been stopped at remarkable cost to the average US...

Elevate those guns a little lower.

Elevate those guns a little lower.

Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power...

Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power...

Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and...

Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and...

Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not...

Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not...

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

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

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a...

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a...

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than...

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than...

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

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

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

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of...

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of...

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as...

I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any...

I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any...

I have always been afraid of banks.

I have always been afraid of banks.

If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider,...

If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider,...