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Andrew Johnson [1808-1875] American

Rank: 101
President, 17th U.S. President

Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Courage, Government, Legal

Quote	Tags	Rank
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.	Legal	101
I feel incompetent to perform duties... which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.		102
The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.	Government	103
If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.		104
I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.		105
If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country.		106
Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.		107
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.		108
There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.		109
Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.	Courage	110
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.		111
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.		112

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