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I did not hang Calhoun and shoot Clay.

— Andrew Jackson

More from Andrew Jackson

  1. Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
  2. You are uneasy; you never sailed with me before, I see.
  3. It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.
  4. Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn.
  5. Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
  6. I will go to South Carolina and hang the first secessionist I see from the first tree I can reach.
  7. 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 i…
  8. If there is a job that a Democrat can't do, then abolish the job.

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  • denial
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  • political rivalry
  • rivalry
  • violence

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