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Andrew Jackson: I do not...

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I do not forget that I am a mechanic. I am proud to own it. Neither do I forget that . . . the apostle Paul was a tentmaker; Socrates was a sculptor; and Archimedes was a mechanic.

Source: In A Treasure Chest of Quotations for All Occasions, by Herbert Prochnow, 1983.
-- Andrew Jackson, (Mar 15 1767-1845), US president (7th), soldier, lawyer, planter; He was Old Hickory and the military hero of the War of 1812; he introduced the spoils system and boosted expansionism.


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