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I did not hang Calhoun and shoot Clay.

I did not hang Calhoun and shoot Clay.

Other Andrew Jackson Quotes

• It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. - View Quote Details on It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the…
• John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it! - View Quote Details on John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce…
• While I concur with the Synod in the efficacy of prayer, and in the hope that our country may be preserved from the attacks of pestilence “and that the judgments now abroad in the earth may be sanctified to the nations,” I am constrained to decline the designation of any period or mode as proper for the public manifestation of this reliance. I could not do otherwise without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President and without feeling that I might in some degree disturb the security which religion nowadays enjoys in this country in its complete separation from the political concerns of the General Government. - View Quote Details on While I concur with the Synod in the efficacy of…
• Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it. - View Quote Details on Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and…
• Do they think that I am such a damned fool as to think myself fit for President of the United States? No, sir; I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way, but I am not fit to be President. - View Quote Details on Do they think that I am such a damned fool…
• There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it. - View Quote Details on There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the…
• Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn. - View Quote Details on Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn.
• 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. - View Quote Details on The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little…
• The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it. - View Quote Details on The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me,…
• Our Federal Union! it must be preserved! - View Quote Details on Our Federal Union! it must be preserved!

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