Andrew Jackson Cockayne

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    “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    “Itt is verry true, as the Welchman sayd,
    Couetousness getts no gaine.”
    —Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .

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    “It’s easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing—that’s the Lord’s test.”
    —Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972)