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Type: President Quotes Category: American President Quotes Date of Birth: December 29, 1808 Date of Death: July 31, 1875 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Andrew Johnson Related Authors: Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln Ronald Reagan John F. Kennedy Dwight D. Eisenhower Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon George W. Bush |
Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.
Andrew Johnson I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it. Andrew Johnson I feel incompetent to perform duties... which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me. 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 source. Andrew Johnson If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet. Andrew Johnson If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country. Andrew Johnson It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. Andrew Johnson 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 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 Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North. Andrew Johnson The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people. Andrew Johnson There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws. Andrew Johnson They don't remember a time when we had to drink from a different water fountain. We can't go back. We can never go back. Andrew Johnson Whatever coach Coker wanted me to do, I was willing to do... If he wanted me to sit the rest of the year, then that's what I would have done. This opportunity came and he asked me if I wanted to play. Any player is going to say yes. Andrew Johnson 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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