Jackson Quotes

“being forced from their homeland. Other tribes accepted payment for their lands and signed new treaties; at least some of the “chiefs” who agreed were bribed ringers who had no real tribal authority. Whether it required blood, money, or threats, Jackson and his supporters were determined to claim the frontier for themselves. The”
― Ralph K. Andrist, Jackson

“As Jackson put it to Congress in his next and last annual message, “There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it. If we desire to secure peace . . . it must be known that we are at all times, ready for war.” A”
― Ralph K. Andrist, Jackson