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A colorful Andrew Jackson quote. The Bank War was a little more complex and Jackson himself was no innocent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_War

He also said:

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!



I am a firm believer that we should not judge people from the past using the moral standard of today. Remember that even Obama opposed gay marriage up until a couple years ago.


And yet you quoted someone from the past as an exemplar regarding a moral issue of today. You kinda opened that door.


It's a relevant quote that matches the sentiment many of us have toward banks which are "too big to fail".




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