There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. – Andrew Jackson
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. – Andrew Jackson
Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges… which are employed altogether for their benefit. – Andrew Jackson
Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down. – Andrew Jackson
Its counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority. – John Sununu