Andrew Jackson

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

In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.

Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.

I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.

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

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government.