Our Federal Union! it must be preserved!
Our Federal Union! it must be preserved!
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Toast at a celebration of Thomas Jefferson ’s birthday (1830-04-13 ); as quoted in Public Men and Events from the Commencement of Mr. Monroe’s Administration, in 1817, to the Close of Mr. Fillmore’s Administration, in 1853 (1875) by Nathan Sargent
Other Andrew Jackson Quotes
- Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn. - View Quote Details on Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn.
- Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there. - View Quote Details on Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do…
- You are a nest of vipers and thieves, and by the grace of the almighty God, I will root you out! - View Quote Details on You are a nest of vipers and thieves, and by…
- It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society — the farmers, mechanics, and laborers — who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government. There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. - View Quote Details on It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful…
- But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. - View Quote Details on But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by…
- 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…
- Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such ambitious men who would involve their country in civil wars, and all the evils in its train that they might reign & ride on its whirlwinds & direct the Storm– The free people of these United States have spoken, and consigned these wicked demagogues to their proper doom. - View Quote Details on Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such…
- Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. - View Quote Details on Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action…
- 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…
- I will go to South Carolina and hang the first secessionist I see from the first tree I can reach. - View Quote Details on I will go to South Carolina and hang the first…
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