Quotation by Andrew Jackson

I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), U.S. president. Letter, May 12, 1833, to [Martin] Van Buren.

Jackson had been assaulted by a former naval officer whom he had had dismissed for theft.
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