"I recommend also that on the same solemn occasion they do humbly and devoutly implore Him to grant to our national councils and to our whole people that divine wisdom which alone can lead any nation into the ways of all good."
"Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby recommend that Thursday, the 29th day of November next, be set apart and be observed everywhere in the several States and T..."
"He who is opposed to the restoration of this government and the reunion of the States, is as great a traitor as Jeff. Davis or Wendell Phillips."
"I am President, and I am President of the whole United States."
"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 throughout the whole of the United States of America."
"Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare that the insurrection which heretofore existed in the State of Texas is at an end and is to be hencefo..."
"I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare that the aforesaid decree is held and will be held by the United States to be absolutely null and void as against the ..."
"To the House of Representatives: I herewith return, without my approval, the bill entitled 'An act erecting the Territory of Montana into a surveying district, and for other purposes.'"