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

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

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

If you always support the correct principles then you will never get the wrong results!

- 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…

- Andrew Johnson

Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality.

- Andrew Johnson

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

- Andrew Johnson

The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.

- Andrew Johnson