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Speech · Political speech

In administering the laws of Congress I shall keep steadily in view the limitations as well as the extent of the Executive power, trusting thereby to discharge the functions of my office without transcending its authority.

First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson · 1833

★ 1.2

Speech · Political speech

It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give that humane and considerate attention to their rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our Government and the feelings of our people.

First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson · 1833

★ 1.2

Speech · Political speech

Without union our independence and liberty would never have been achieved; without union they never can be maintained.

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson · 1833

★ 1.3

Speech · Political speech

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 person and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.

First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson · 1833

★ 2.0

Speech · Political speech

The destruction of our state governments or the annihilation of their control over the local concerns of the people would lead directly to revolution and anarchy, and finally to despotism and military domination. In proportion, therefore, as the general government encroaches upon the rights of the states, in the same proportion does it impair its own power and detract from its ability to fulfill the purposes of its creation.

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson · 1833

★ 2.0

Speech · Political speech

The loss of liberty, of all good government, of peace, plenty, and happiness, must inevitably follow a dissolution of the union.

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson · 1833

★ 2.1

Speech · Political speech

Constantly bearing in mind that in entering into society "individuals must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest," it will be my desire so to discharge my duties as to foster with our brethren in all parts of the country a spirit of liberal concession and compromise.

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson · 1833

★ 3.7

Speech · Political speech

There are no necessary evils in the government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favor alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.

1832

★ 5.3

Speech · Political speech

Eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty.

Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address · 1837

★ 6.3