Andrew Jackson: “Lafayette was a citizen of France, but he was the distinguished friend of the United States.”

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.

There is too much at stake to allow pride or passion to influence your decision.

Local interests would still be found there, and unchastened ambition.

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