“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.”
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I feel incompetent to perform duties... which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.
Andrew Johnson 
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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.
Andrew Johnson
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If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country.
Andrew Johnson
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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.
Andrew Johnson
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Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.
Andrew Johnson
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