Quote of the Day

"As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending."              
                                                                                                -Andrew Jackson

Jackson was a controversial president in many ways, but he had a good appreciation of the constitutional intent for government's function.  History also does not give him nearly enough credit for the fight he posed against the establishment of a central banking system.

I was going to post one by Millard Fillmore, just because Weave bet I wouldn't find any of his words that survived history.  I found some, but it reflects the same elitist distrust for the competence of the American people we see in Washington today, and given that Fillmore's presidency is barely a placeholder in the #13 spot I do not feel he is worthy of a quote of the day.  You win, Weave.