Nathaniel HawthorneOn Andrew Jackson: "His native strength compelled every man to be his tool that came within his reach; and the more cunning the individual might be, it served only to make him a sharper tool.
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Andrew Jackson’s strength compelled every man to be his tool. Think back to the Civil War, and all the men who lived in Jackson’s hometown of Tennessee. They were forced to serve him. That was their choice: serve him or die.
If they didn’t want to be his tool, they’d have to leave and go somewhere else. For years, Jackson followed that same philosophy: he used all of his power and cunning to help himself and nobody else. But when he was done with them, he left others to pick up the pieces.
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