The best Quotes by Andrew Johnson

The best Quotes by Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 - July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time. Johnson was a Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union Party ticket, coming to office as the Civil War concluded.

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The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.

Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor.

Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.

No, gentlemen, if I am to be shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.

Quotes about Andrew Johnson

I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.

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It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong - throughout the world.

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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

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Peace Enemies & Opponents

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

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Mercy & Compassion

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

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1

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

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And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

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Life Criminal Minds

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

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Laziness Responsibility

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

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Whatever you are, be a good one!

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Positive Quotes

What did Tennessee?
Same thing Arkansas.

Tennessee Arkansas

I'm retiring as a football player from the University of Tennessee who played for the Colts and the Broncos and was very lucky to have played for all of them.

Peyton Manning

Tennessee Denver Broncos Indianapolis Colts

Hey baby, are you from Tennessee? Because you're the only ten I see.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Tennessee - and that's pretty much the same thing.

I think that for me, as a UNC graduate, I value my education - I think everyone who's gone to that university values education.

Kenny Smith

North Carolina Charlotte

Michael: "Don't forget my North Carolina shorts!"
Daffy: "Your shorts? From college?"
Michael: "I wore them under my Chicago Bulls uniform every game."
Looney Tunes: "Eeeew."
Michael: "I washed them after every game."
Daffy: "Hahaha... sure!"

Daffy Duck in Space Jam

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to North Carolina - and that's pretty much the same thing.

It would not be possible to praise nurses too highly.

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The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

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The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

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People learn to love their chains.

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Freedom Slavery

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job - but I love my country more.

Joe Biden - August 2024

For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

Barack Obama

1

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for America. I, unfortunately, will be going back to Washington after my remarks. Today we've had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country.

George W. Bush - September 2001

2001 September 11th

We can't do everything, but we have to do, what we can do.

Bill Clinton

1

We are not the sum of our possessions.

George H. W. Bush

Wealth & Richness

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

1

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America.

Jimmy Carter

USA Independence Day

Our Constitution works; our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

Gerald R. Ford

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

Richard Nixon

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Future Yesterday

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

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Forgiveness & Mercy Enemies & Opponents Names

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

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