"They must be either for or against us. Distrust them and you make them your enemies, place confidence in them, and you engage them by every dear and honorable tie to the interest of the country, who extends to them equal rights and privileges with white men."
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In New Orleans, Louisiana, 1814. As quoted in The Life of Andrew Jackson (1967), by John Spencer Bassett, Archon Books. p. 156-157.
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Andrew Jackson
1767 – 1845
US-amerikanischer Politiker und der siebte Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten (1829-1837).
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