“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.Andrew Jackson
“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 Jackson
“Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit.Andrew Jackson
“Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down.Andrew Jackson
“The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country, than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.Andrew Jackson
“The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.Andrew Jackson