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Quote by Andrew Jackson
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository

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. – Andrew Jackson

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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. – Andrew Jackson

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Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down. – Andrew Jackson

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War
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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

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power
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