"One man with courage makes a majority."
-Andrew Jackson
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"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.“
-Andrew Jackson
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"Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down."
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"War is a blessing compared with national degradation."
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"The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality."
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"Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result."
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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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"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment."
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