It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. – Andrew Jackson
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. – Andrew Jackson
The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer… form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws. – Andrew 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