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> [I have performed my duty to my God, my country, and my family. I have nothing to fear in approaching death. To me it is the mere shadow of God's protecting wing . . . Here I will rest in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/i-have-performed-my-duty-to-my-god-my-country-and-my-family-i-have/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

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## More by Andrew Johnson

> [Let them impeach and be damned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/let-them-impeach-and-be-damned/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/i-am-sworn-to-uphold-the-constitution-as-andy-johnson-understands-it/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is. I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/i-have-lived-among-negroes-all-my-life-and-i-am-for-this-government/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/the-life-of-a-republic-lies-certainly-in-the-energy-virtue-and/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/when-i-die-i-desire-no-better-winding-sheet-than-the-stars-and/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [I realized, there are people out there who can beat me, want to beat me. And unless I continue to innovate and evolve, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/i-realized-there-are-people-out-there-who-can-beat-me-want-to-beat-me/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/outside-of-the-constitution-we-have-no-legal-authority-more-than/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/honest-conviction-is-my-courage-the-constitution-is-my-guide/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/if-i-am-shot-at-i-want-no-man-to-be-in-the-way-of-the-bullet/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/if-the-rabble-were-lopped-off-at-one-end-and-the-aristocrats-at-the/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/there-are-no-good-laws-but-such-as-repeal-other-laws/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [Notwithstanding a mendacious press; notwithstanding a subsidized gang of hirelings who have not ceased to traduce me, I have discharged all my official duties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/notwithstanding-a-mendacious-press-notwithstanding-a-subsidized-gang/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/i-hold-it-the-duty-of-the-executive-to-insist-upon-frugality-in-the/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/the-goal-to-strive-for-is-a-poor-government-but-a-rich-people/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

> [If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrat at the other, all would be well with the country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/if-the-rabble-were-lopped-off-at-one-end-and-the-aristocrat-at-the/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

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