Andrew Johnson actually said...

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

Veto Message

03/01/1867

More Andrew Johnson Quotes

I am not the Chief Justice. I am not the prosecuting attorney.

Large as it is, it is not large enough to divide.

Obey the constitution, submit to the laws, and let us all become one people again.

And I do further proclaim that the said insurrection is at an end and that peace, order, tranquillity, and civil authority now exist in and ...