Jackson

Famous quotes containing the word jackson:

    Every diminution of the public burdens arising from taxation gives to individual enterprise increased power and furnishes to all the members of our happy confederacy new motives for patriotic affection and support.
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    It’s easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing—that’s the Lord’s test.
    —Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972)