Andrew Johnson Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Andrew Johnson:

I feel incompetent to perform duties... which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.
~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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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-johnson-quotes/#3eb1a4e8

The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.
~Andrew Johnson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-johnson-quotes/#1398ca54

Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.
~Andrew Johnson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-johnson-quotes/#7e0d29e3

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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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-johnson-quotes/#881c9789

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.
~Andrew Johnson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-johnson-quotes/#dec5b68e

I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.
~Andrew Johnson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-johnson-quotes/#ef584331

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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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-johnson-quotes/#28781321

There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.
~Andrew Johnson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-johnson-quotes/#82f548a5

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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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-johnson-quotes/#ae83a632

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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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-johnson-quotes/#306da4fe

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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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/andrew-johnson-quotes/#84958781

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