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Our Union: It must be preserved.
-Andrew Jackson
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John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it!
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Blood
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Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
-Andrew Jackson
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Bravery
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The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
-Andrew Jackson
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One man with courage makes a majority.
-Andrew Jackson
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Government
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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
-Andrew Jackson
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As 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
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Marriage
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Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
-Andrew Jackson
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Mind, the
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It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.
-Andrew Jackson
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Patriotism
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Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
-Andrew Jackson
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Taxation
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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
-Andrew Jackson
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Universe, The
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Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering.
-Andrew Jackson
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Value
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You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.
-Andrew Jackson
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War
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Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
-Andrew Jackson
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Words
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It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.
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Books by and about Andrew Jackson