The sovereignty of the States is the language of the Confederacy and not the language of the Constitution. The latter contains the emphatic words. This Constitution and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof and all treaties made or which shall be made under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding
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
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…
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.
Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality. - Andrew Johnson
Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality.
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!
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…
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…
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.
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