74 Quotes by Andrew Johnson

I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event [Lincoln's assassination] which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to perform duties so important and responsible as those which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.

The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.

If you always support the correct principles then you will never get the wrong results!

I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is. I am for the Government of my fathers with negroes. I am for it without negroes. Before I would see this Government destroyed I would send every negro back to Africa, disintegrated and blotted out of space

If blacks were given the right to vote, that would place every splay-footed, bandy-shanked, hump-backed, thick-lipped, flat-nosed, woolly-headed, ebon-colored in the country upon an equality with the poor white man.

When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country.

We're looking at a market where 15 percent of people said they'd be buying in a year, and 40 percent of people will be ready to buy in two years. So what about that 25 percent who are waiting the extra year? They're not in a rush, but they will buy. They have some concerns about confidentiality and reliability of delivery. They want to know who will address these concerns.

We want to get it done as quickly and inexpensively with as much creativity and flexibility as we can have.

We are certainly gratified by the Board of Supervisors' vote to accept the settlement agreement we proposed. We have said that this represents a true win-win for Comcast and the residents of San Francisco. And we believe the deal is exactly that.