Andrew Johnson Quotes:
Ocupation: 17th U.S. President
Life: December 29, 1808 - July 31, 1875
Birthday: December 29
Death: July 31
famous quotes
source: - Andrew Johnson, Paul H. Bergeron (1967). “The Papers of Andrew Johnson: February-August 1867”, p.86, Univ. of Tennessee Press
Topics: Government, Giving, Liberty
Topics: Country, Stars, Stripes, Inspirational Patriotic, American Patriotic
Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.
source: - Andrew Johnson (1967). “The Papers of Andrew Johnson: February-July 1866”, p.151, Univ. of Tennessee Press
Topics: Inspirational Life, Presidential, Honest
The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.
source: - "Andrew Johnson, Plebeian and Patriot". Book by Robert Watson Winston, 1928.
Topics: Government, People, Goal, Inspirational Presidential, Presidents Day
source: - Andrew Johnson (1967). “The Papers of Andrew Johnson: September 1868-April 1869”, p.471, Univ. of Tennessee Press
Topics: Wise, Presidential, Welfare
Topics: Country, Presidential, Would Be
source: - Said in 1853. "Andrew Johnson, Plebeian and Patriot". Book by Robert Winston, 1928.
Topics: Hands, Land, Long, Industrious, Purchasers
Topics: Ties, Government, Political, Homestead Act
My right side is paralyzed. I need no doctor. I can overcome my own troubles.
Topics: Doctors, Overcoming, Needs
source: - Andrew Johnson (1967). “The Papers of Andrew Johnson: September 1865-January 1866”, p.469, Univ. of Tennessee Press
Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor
source: - "A Reveiw of the Political Conflict in America" by Alexander Harris, (p. 430), 1876.
Topics: Men, Constitution, Traitor
source: - Speech in Indianapolis, Indiana, February 26, 1863.
Topics: Father, Government, Space
source: - Source: www.blackfilm.com
source: - Andrew Johnson's Inaugural Address, www.nytimes.com. April 17, 1865. 
Topics: Important, Events, Overwhelmed, Incompetent
I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.
Topics: Constitution, Johnson
The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.
source: - Andrew Johnson (1967). “The Papers of Andrew Johnson: September 1865-January 1866”, p.478, Univ. of Tennessee Press
I feel incompetent to perform duties...which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.
Topics: Presidential, Duty, Feels
If you always support the correct principles then you will never get the wrong results!
Topics: Support, Principles, Results
source: - Andrew Johnson (1862). “Expulsion of Mr. Bright: Speech of Hon. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, January 31, 1862”, p.16
Topics: Country, Forever, Liberty, Olden Times
If I am to be shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.
source: - "Andrew Johnson, President of the United States: His Life and Speeches". Book by Lillian Foster, 1866.
Duties have been mine; consequences are God's.
source: - Andrew Johnson (1866). “Life and Times of A. Johnson ... Written from a national stand-point. By a National Man”, p.165
It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.
Topics: Patriotic, Thinking, Stupidity, Great Presidents
source: - Andrew Johnson (1967). “The Papers of Andrew Johnson: September 1868-April 1869”, p.288, Univ. of Tennessee Press
Topics: Approaching Death
