Talk:Andrew Johnson

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 * Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.


 * I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.


 * If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country.


 * 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.


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


 * Place every splay-footed, bandy-shanked, hump-backed, thick-lipped, flat-nosed, woolly-headed, ebon-colored Negro in the country upon an equality with the poor white man?

== The idea on which the slaves were assisted to freedom was that, on becoming free, they would be a self-sustaining population. Any legislation that shall imply that they are not expected to attain a self-sustaining condition must have a tendency injurious alike to their character and their prospects ==

"The idea on which the slaves were assisted to freedom was that, on becoming free, they would be a self-sustaining population. Any legislation that shall imply that they are not expected to attain a self-sustaining condition must have a tendency injurious alike to their character and their prospects." As quoted here. --1.136.105.1 01:54, 11 July 2019 (UTC)