"The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality."
-Andrew Jackson
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"Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down."
-Andrew Jackson
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"War is a blessing compared with national degradation."
-Andrew Jackson
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"Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy new motives for patriotic affection and support."
-Andrew Jackson
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"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."
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"Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments."
-Andrew Jackson
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"I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights."
-Megawati Sukarnoputri
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"You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence."
-William Boetcker
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"I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage."
-Dame Edith Evans
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"There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge."
-Patrick Campbell
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"Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow."
-Alexandre Vinet
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