Commonly attributed to Jackson but likely aprocyphal. This quotation first appeared twenty years after Jackson's death in newspaper publisher Horace Greeley's 1865 history of the U.S. Civil War, The American Conflict.Miles, Edwin A. (1973). "After John Marshall's Decision: Worcester v. Georgia and the Nullification Crisis", page 519. The Journal of Southern History. 39 (4): 519–544. doi:10.2307/2205966. JSTOR 2205966.
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John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!
— Andrew Jackson
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!" in the context of "Commonly attributed to Jackson but likely aprocyphal. This quotation first appeared twenty years after Jackson's death in newspaper publisher Horace Greeley's 1865 history of the U.S. Civil War, The American Conflict.Miles, Edwin A. (1973). "After John Marshall's Decision: Worcester v. Georgia and the Nullification Crisis", page 519. The Journal of Southern History. 39 (4): 519–544. doi:10.2307/2205966. JSTOR 2205966." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (15 March 1767 – 8 June 1845) was the seventh president of the United States of America (1829-1837), regarded as a hero for his actions in the Battle of New Orleans (1815), a founder of the Democratic Party, and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. He was the first American president to have been a Democrat.
About Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (15 March 1767 – 8 June 1845) was the seventh president of the United States of America (1829-1837), regarded as a hero for his actions in the Battle of New Orleans (1815), a founder of the Democratic Party, and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. He was the first American president to have been a Democrat.
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