Samuel Andrew Jackson

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    “That those tribes [the Sac and Fox Indians] cannot exist surrounded by our settlements and in continual contact with our citizens is certain. They have neither the intelligence, the industry, the moral habits, nor the desire of improvement which are essential to any favorable change in their condition.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    “The LORD forbid that I should raise my hand against the LORD’s anointed; but now take the spear that is at his head, and the water jar, and let us go.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, 1 Samuel 26:11.

    David, who is unwilling to kill king Saul.

    “Saint Andrews crosse, that is his guide;”
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    “If in madness of delusion, anyone shall lift his parricidal hand against this blessed union ... the arms of thousands will be raised to save it, and the curse of millions will fall upon the head which may have plotted its destruction.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)