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Andrew Jackson

The people are the government, administering it by their agents they are the government, the sovereign power.

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Andrew Jackson is saying that the true authority lies with the people themselves, who exercise power through the officials they elect or appoint. This means that government officials are simply representatives carrying out the will of the citizens, making the people the ultimate source of political control.

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