Andrew Jackson: “I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Director of the Mint, exhibiting the operations of…”

The foundations must be laid in the affections of the people.

The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.

The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.

It is from within, among yourselves--from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power--that factions will be formed and liberty endangered.