Carolina QuotesThey 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.
Andrew Jackson Carolinian
Source
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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- 1814
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- p. 156-157
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“They must be either for or against us. Distrust them and you…” Andrew Jackson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B094D71013. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b094d71013
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