Quote#Homeland
Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such ambitious men who…
Quote byAndrew Jackson · 1767–1845
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Regarding the resolution of the Nullification Crisis, in a letter to Andrew I. Crawford (1 May 1833)..
English (original)
Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such ambitious men who would involve their country in civil wars, and all the evils in its train that they might reign & ride on its whirlwinds & direct the Storm — The free people of these United States have spoken, and consigned these wicked demagogues to their proper doom.
— Andrew Jackson
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