Andrew Johnson

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

#conviction #courage #guide #honest

The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

#government #people #poor #rich #rich people

If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

#country #end #off #other #rabble

It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. ↗

— 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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I feel incompetent to perform duties... which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me. ↗

— 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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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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Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

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