Andrew Jackson - Old Hickory

7th president of the United States: 1829-1837

Action
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for 
action arrives, stop thinking and go in. 

Bankers
"You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out,
and by the grace of the Eternal God, will rout you out."
Andrew Jackson
Source: upon evicting a delegation of international bankers 
from the Oval Office 
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/
Andrew.Jackson.Quote.B23C

Bible
The Bible is the rock on which our Republic rests.

Blood
No one need think that the world can be ruled 
without blood. The civil sword shall and must 
be red and bloody. 

 

Central Bank
The bold effort the present (central) bank 
had made to control the government ... are 
but premonitions of the fate that await the 
American people should they be deluded into 
a perpetuation of this institution or the 
establishment of another like it.  

Courage
ONE MAN WITH COURAGE IS A MAJORITY.

Debt
I am one of those who do not believe that a 
national debt is a national blessing, but 
rather a curse to a republic; inasmuch as it
is calculated to raise around the 
administration a moneyed aristocracy 
dangerous to the liberties of the country.
Andrew Jackson
Source: Letter to T. H. Colman,
April 26, 1824



Do It Yourself
Never sue for assault or slander, settle 
them cases yourself.
Andrew Jackson
Source:Wit and Wisdom Of The Presidents

Duty 
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.

Elevate
Elevate those guns a little lower.

Executive Power
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 



Fear
Never take counsel of your fear

Federal Union 
Our federal Union: it must be preserved.
- toast given at the Jefferson Birthday 
celebration in 1830

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

 
 
Man 
Any man worth his salt will stick up for
what he believes right, but it takes a 
slightly better man to acknowledge 
instantly and without reservation that 
he is in error.

Peace 
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, 
but blood must sometimes be spilled to 
obtain it on equable and lasting terms. 

Rachel Jackson
A being so gentle, so virtuous, slander 
might wound but could not dishonor.
Andrew Jackson
Source:Lash, 
Eleanor:The years Alone, pp 174



Rich 
It is to be regretted that the rich and 
powerful too often bend the acts of 
government to their selfish purposes.



Sailing With Jackson 
You are uneasy, . . . you never sailed with 
me before, I see.
- Parton's Life of Jackson (vol. III, p. 493) 

Spelling 
It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't 
think of at least two ways to spell any word.

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



Wife 
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not 
meet my wife there. 

 

Jackson's Inaugural addresses and State of the Unions