Notwithstanding a mendacious press; notwithstanding a subsidized gang of hirelings who have not ceased to traduce me, I have discharged all my… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
I have performed my duty to my God, my country, and my family. I have nothing to fear in approaching death. To… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
I feel incompetent to perform duties...which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me. — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
It is our sacred duty to transmit unimpaired to our posterity the blessings of liberty which were bequeathed to us by the… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event [Lincoln's assassination] which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it. — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is. I am… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens. — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country. — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
I realized, there are people out there who can beat me, want to beat me. And unless I continue to innovate and evolve, I… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country. — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding a mendacious press; notwithstanding a subsidized gang of hirelings who have not ceased to traduce me, I have discharged all my official duties… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
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