The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once.
Andrew Jackson

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
Andrew Jackson

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
Andrew Jackson

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.
Andrew Jackson

There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of the Union. Should such an event ever happen, which I fervently pray God to avert, from that date I view our liberty gone.
Andrew Jackson

To the victors belong the spoils.
Andrew Jackson

Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that... the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations.
Andrew Jackson

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.
Andrew Jackson

We 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

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.
Andrew Jackson