Jackson

Famous quotes containing the word jackson:

    When a man’s feeling and character are injured, he ought to seek a speedy redress.... My character you have injured, and further you have insulted me in the presence of a court and large audience. I therefore call upon you as a gentleman to give me satisfaction for the same.
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven’t melted.
    —Jesse Jackson (b. 1941)

    Tell my son how anxious I am that he may read and learn his Book, that he may become the possessor of those things that a grateful country has bestowed upon his papa—Tell him that his happiness through life depends upon his procuring an education now; and with it, to imbibe proper moral habits that can entitle him to the possession of them.
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)