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Jackson lead as he lived, sometimes with his heart, sometimes with his mind, sometimes with both.Jon Meacham
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He was the most contradictory of men. A champion of extending freedom and democracy to even the poorest of whites, Jackson was an unrepentant slaveholder. A sentimental man who rescued an Indian orphan on a battlefield to raise in his home, Jackson was responsible for the removal of Indian tribes from their ancestral lands. An enemy of Eastern financial elites and a relentless opponent of the Bank of the United States, which he believed to be a bastion of corruption, Jackson also promised to die, if necessary, to preserve the power and prestige of the central government. Like us and our America, Jackson and his America achieved great things while committing grievous sins.Jon Meacham
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Always take all the time to reflect that circumstances permit, but when the time for action has come, stop thinking. (Andrew Jackson)Jon Meacham
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Politics was at once clinical and human, driven by principles and passions that he (the leader) had to master and harness for the good of the whole.Jon Meacham
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Steadiness of faith, was, in the long run, as illuminating and essential as sophistication of thought.Jon Meacham