Andrew Jackson: “The injury to the commerce of the United States resulting from the exclusion of our vessels from the Black Sea and the…”

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.

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

In your hands is rightfully placed the sovereignty of the country.

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