“You have no longer any cause to fear danger from abroad; your strength and power are well known throughout the civilized world. It is from within, among yourselves–from cupidity [greed], from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power–that factions will be formed and liberty endangered. It is against such designs, whatever disguise the actors may assume, that you have especially to guard yourselves.”
Andrew Jackson
Once upon a time, the Democrats of the day could be heard in anguish,”Oh, but for 30 minutes of Andy Jackson “