01UndatedI weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.Andrew Jackson / quote ↗
02UndatedIt is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.Andrew Jackson / quote ↗
03UndatedAs long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.Andrew Jackson / quote ↗
04UndatedThere are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.Andrew Jackson / quote ↗
05UndatedThe people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.Andrew Jackson / quote ↗
06UndatedI cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.Andrew Jackson / quote ↗
07UndatedWe are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government.Andrew Jackson / quote ↗
08UndatedThe 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.Andrew Jackson / quote ↗