The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it." - Meaning and context.">
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

The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.

— Andrew Jackson

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it." in the context of "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

" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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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.