Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Friday, February 26, 2016 – Andrew Jackson
Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Friday, February 26, 2016 – Andrew Jackson
“Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.”
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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.”
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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.”
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“Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.”
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“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.”
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“Never take counsel of your fears.”
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“One man with courage makes a majority.”
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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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“The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.”
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“The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer… form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.”
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“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.”
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“The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his Government, deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and friend to her foe.”
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“The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country, than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.”
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“Gentlemen! I too have been a close observer of the doings of the Bank of the United States. I have had men watching you for a long time, and am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I have determined to rout you out, and by the Eternal, (bringing his fist down on the table) I will rout you out!”
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“But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.”
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“Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.”
Wikipedia: Andrew Jackson
