The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.

Quote by Andrew Jackson

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It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government...

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government...

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...

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...

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...

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts...

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts...

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the...

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the...

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...

Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.

Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.

The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the...

The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the...

I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a...

I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a...

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

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

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 Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.

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.

The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as...

The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as...

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 individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to...

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to...

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate...

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate...

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are:...

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are:...

The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded...

The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded...