Andrew Jackson: “I also assure you of the condolence of this whole nation in the irreparable bereavement which by that event you have…”

It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.

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.