Jackson

Famous quotes containing the word jackson:

    If [government] would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    I have no motive, Brothers, to deceive you. I am sincerely desirous to promote your welfare. Listen to me, therefore, while I tell you that you cannot remain where you now are. Circumstances that cannot be controlled, which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community.
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
    —Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972)