Andrew Johnson actually said...

"To pronounce the supreme lawmaking power of an established state illegal is to say that law itself is unlawful."

"While a just, proper, and watchful jealousy of executive power constantly prevails, as it ought ever to prevail, yet it is equally true that an efficient Executive is an indispensable security for tra..."

"For these reasons I return the bill to the Senate, in which House it originated, for the further consideration of Congress which the Constitution prescribes."

"All the information I have on the subject convinces me that the masses of the Southern people and those who control their public acts [...] are completely united in the effort to reorganize their soci..."