Carolina QuotesThe bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.
Andrew Jackson Carolinian
Source
Said to Martin Van Buren (8 July 1832) and quoted in The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren, published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1918, vol. II (1920), ed. John Clement Fitzpatrick, ch. XLIII (p. 625) — Referring to the Second Bank of the United States
- year
- 1832
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- p. 625
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