Andrew
Jackson
(March 15, 1767– June
8, 1845)
7th President of the United States
(March 4, 1829 –
March 4, 1837)
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was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), first governor of Florida (1821), general of the Battle of New Orleans (1815), a co-founder of the Democratic Party, and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. He was a polarizing figure who helped shape the Second Party System of American politics in the 1820s and 1830s.
Nicknamed "Old Hickory," because he was known for his toughness, Jackson was the first President primarily associated with the American frontier (although born in South Carolina, he spent most of his life in Tennessee).
Every man is equally entitled to
protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add...artificial
distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make
the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society—the
farmers, mechanics, and laborers—who have neither the time nor the means of
securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice
of their government. Veto of the Bank Bill, July 10, 1832
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains,
shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it
would be an unqualified blessing. Veto of the Bank Bill, July 10, 1832
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.
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.