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CWuestefeldyesterday at 5:02 PM1 replyview on HN

Ahem. The line is widely attributed to President Andrew Jackson, usually quoted as: “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.”

He probably didn't say it either, its first appearance is in an 1860s book by Horace Greeley.


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tracker1yesterday at 5:19 PM

From the guy that invaded Florida... I wouldn't be surprised if it was Andrew Jackson though.