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.
The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people. - Andrew Johnson
The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.
- 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. - 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.
If blacks were given the right to vote, that would place every splay-footed, bandy-shanked, hump-backed, thick-lipped, flat-nosed, woolly-headed, ebo… - Andrew Johnson
If blacks were given the right to vote, that would place every splay-footed, bandy-shanked, hump-backed, thick-lipped, flat-nosed, woolly-headed, ebo…
If you always support the correct principles then you will never get the wrong results! - Andrew Johnson
If you always support the correct principles then you will never get the wrong results!
Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality. - Andrew Johnson
Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality.
Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide. - Andrew Johnson
Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.
The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens. - Andrew Johnson
The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.
I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event [Lincoln's assassination] which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to p… - Andrew Johnson
I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event [Lincoln's assassination] which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to p…
I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is. I am for the Government of my fat… - 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 for the Government of my fat…
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