Andrew Jackson on banks

[snopes]

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, has this to
say to a delegation of international bankers in 1832:

"Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time, and I am
convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs
of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you
lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from
the bank and annul its charter, I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may
be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will
ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers
and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you
out."

[Ryda Wong, EBfCo.]

You are a den of vipers
and thieves.

Pot calling kettle much?

I guess this was a fairly accurate Quote.

Jackson hated the BUS, and eventually destroyed it, according to some historians not out of any particular ideological purity but out of petty vindictivness against the Bank's supporters.

You know, whenever people tell me that George W. Bush was the worst president in History I ask them what they know about Jackson, truly one of the most evil men in American History in my opinion.

And look, he's on the $20, perhaps if W keeps up, he can get on the $21.

[Silas Sparkhammer]

Originally Posted by matches

. . . And look, he's on the $20, perhaps if W keeps up, he can get on the $21.

We'll put W on the $10,000. Buy y'self a cup of coffee...

Silas

Originally Posted by matches

I guess this was a fairly accurate Quote.

You know, whenever people tell me that George W. Bush was the worst president in History I ask them what they know about Jackson, truly one of the most evil men in American History in my opinion.

Most folks can't remember the History of last year, if they bothered to know in the first place. Andy Jackson? He was the one 2 years older than Michael?

[rogue74656]

Could not find a reputable source for this quote...

Did find this:

http://articles.businessinsider.com/...andrew-jackson