Andrew Johnson actually said...

"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."

"The power of removal was incident to that duty, and might often be requisite to fulfill it."

"I submit to Congress whether this measure is not in its whole character, scope, and object without precedent and without authority."

"I know no other way in which they can be preserved and maintained except by a constant adherence to them through the various vicissitudes of national existence, with such adaptations as may become nec..."