Andrew Johnson actually said...

As the nature of government requires the power of removal, it was maintained that it should be exercised in this way by the hand capable of ...

Under these circumstances, as a depositary of the executive authority of the nation, I do not feel at liberty to unite with Congress in reve...

It places at his free disposal all the lands and goods in his district, and he may distribute them without let or hindrance to whom he pleas...

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