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“Between his dueling and military career, Jackson had been shot so many times that scholars says he "rattled like a bag of marbles" when he walked as a result of all of the never-removed bullets taking up residence in his body. The pieces of shrapnel he carries around like internal medals of honor are about ten times larger than your balls and infinity times as armored.”

Humor History Andrew Jackson

Book:How to Fight Presidents: Defending Yourself Against the Badasses Who Ran This Country

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“At the age of eight, John Quincy Adams was made the man of his house while his father, John Adams, was off doing important John Adams things for America. This would be a lot of terrifying responsibility at any time in American history, but it just so happens that, when Adams was eight years old, the *Revolutionary freaking War* was happening right outside his house. He watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from his front porch, according to his diary, worried that he might be 'butchered in cold blood, or taken and carried ... as hostages by any foraging or marauding detachment of British soldiers.' I don't have the diary I kept at age eight, but I think the only things I worried about was whether or not they'd have for dogs in the school the next day and if I had the wherewithal and clarity of purpose to collect all of the Pokemon. John Q, on the other hand, guarded his house, mother, and siblings during wartime. This isn't to imply that eight-year-old John Quincy Adams could have beaten eight-year-old you in a fight, but to imply that eight-year-old John Quincy Adams could beat you *as an adult*.”

Humor President History Eight Fight Revolutionary War John Adams John Quincy Adams

Book:How to Fight Presidents: Defending Yourself Against the Badasses Who Ran This Country

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“Having an affair with your good friend's wife while he's in an institution and your wife is in a hospital ranks somewhere between Benedict Arnold and the guy who invented Girls Gone Wild on the spectrum of Total Dickheads in American History.”

Humor History Benedict Arnold

Book:How to Fight Presidents: Defending Yourself Against the Badasses Who Ran This Country

Source: How to Fight Presidents: Defending Yourself Against the Badasses Who Ran This Country

“Only one president in this book was a supervillain. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Chester A. Arthur, the Lex Luthor of the American Presidency.”

Humor History Lex Luthor Chester A Arthur

Book:How to Fight Presidents: Defending Yourself Against the Badasses Who Ran This Country

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“Martin Van Buren was a shitty guy. Not just because he was a bad president, and not just because he was pro-slavery. Van Buren was shitty in a very general sort of way. And with all that that implies.”

Humor History Martin Van Buren

Book:How to Fight Presidents: Defending Yourself Against the Badasses Who Ran This Country

Source: How to Fight Presidents: Defending Yourself Against the Badasses Who Ran This Country