Andrew Johnson Quotes:- Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson assumed the presidency as he was vice president of the United States at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union ticket, Johnson came to office as the Civil War concluded. He favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the Union.
Johnson was born in poverty in Raleigh, North Carolina and never attended school. Apprenticed as a tailor, he worked in several frontier towns before settling in Greeneville, Tennessee. He served as alderman and mayor there before being elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1835.
Inspirational Andrew Johnson Quotes
“Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.”-Andrew Johnson
“I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.”-Andrew Johnson
“I feel incompetent to perform duties… which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.”-Andrew Johnson
“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
Andrew Johnson Quotes On Bullet
“If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.”-Andrew Johnson
“If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country.”-Andrew Johnson
“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
Andrew Johnson Quotes On Authority
“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
“Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.”-Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson Quotes On the government
“The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.”-Andrew Johnson
“There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.”-Andrew Johnson
“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
