All Andrew Johnson Quotes
I feel incompetent to perform duties... which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.
Andrew Johnson
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Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.
Andrew Johnson
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If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country.
Andrew Johnson
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Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs.
Andrew Johnson
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Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.
Andrew Johnson
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I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source.
Andrew Johnson
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If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.
Andrew Johnson
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Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.
Andrew Johnson
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I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.
Andrew Johnson
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Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects.
Andrew Johnson
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It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.
Andrew Johnson
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The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.
Andrew Johnson
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