It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

Quote by Andrew Jackson

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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...

I have always been afraid of banks.

I have always been afraid of banks.

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.

To the victors belong the spoils.

To the victors belong the spoils.

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways...

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways...

Freemasonry is an institution calculated to benefit mankind.

Freemasonry is an institution calculated to benefit mankind.

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.

The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.

Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me.

Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me.

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...

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...

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

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

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or...

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or...

Disunion by force is treason.

Disunion by force is treason.

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

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

Desperate courage makes One a majority.

Desperate courage makes One a majority.

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which...

Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which...

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...

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword...

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword...

Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it...

Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it...