Biografie

His opponents once called him a "jackass" so he adopted that animal as the mascot of the Democratic party.

The first president to have an assassination attempt on his life.

He very nearly beat his attempted killer to death with his cane. The only reason he didn't is he was restrained from doing so.

He was the first President not to be born into a wealthy family.

The only president to leave office with a surplus of money in the federal government.

I know what I am fit for. I can command a body of men in a rough way; but I am not fit to be President.

I have always been afraid of banks.

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

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.