Jackson

Famous quotes containing the word jackson:

“Foster the labor of our country by an undeviating metallic currency ... always recollecting that if labor is depressed neither commerce nor manufactures can flourish, as they are both based upon the production of labor, produced from the earth, or the mineral world.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

“The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed.”
—Jesse Jackson (b. 1941)

“I find ... virtue to be found amongst the farmers of the country alone, not about courts, where courtiers dwell.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)