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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The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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.
Whatever you are, be a good one!
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What did Tennessee?
Same thing 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.
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.
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!"
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.
The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.
The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.
People learn to love their chains.
Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones - Season 3 Episode 10
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One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
Joe Biden - März 2024
I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it - Jeffrey enjoys his social life.
For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
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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
We can't do everything, but we have to do, what we can do.
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We are not the sum of our possessions.
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America.
Our Constitution works; our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.
The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.

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