Andrew Johnson actually said...

"I have considered the bill entitled 'An act supplementary to an act entitled 'An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States,'' passed March 2, 1867, and to facilitate restora..."

"A military republic, a government rounded on mock elections and supported only by the sword, was nearly a quarter of a century since pronounced by Daniel Webster, when speaking of the South American S..."

"No consideration could induce me to give my approval to such an election law for any purpose, and especially for the great purpose of framing the constitution of a State."

"When this shall have been consummated, I pray God that the errors of the past may be forgotten and that once more we shall be a happy, united, and prosperous people, and that at last, after the bitter..."