Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in." - Meaning and context.">
Quoted as "a maxim of Gen. Jackson's" in Supplement to the Courant Vol. XXII No. 25, Hartford, Saturday, December 12, 1857, p. 200 books.google

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

— Andrew Jackson

What It Means

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Andrew Jackson

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.