"Andrew Johnson" was the List of Presidents of the United States/17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he was Vice President of the United States/Vice President at the time of President Abraham Lincoln's Abraham Lincoln assassination/assassination. A Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union Party (United States)/National Union ticket, Johnson came to office as the American Civil War/Civil War concluded. The new president favored quick restoration of the Secession in the United States/seceded states to the Union. His plans did not give protection to the Freedmen#United States/former slaves, and he came into conflict with the History of the United States Republican Party/Republican-dominated Congress, culminating in Impeachment of Andrew Johnson/his impeachment by the House of Representatives. The first American president to be impeached, he was acquitted in the Senate by one vote.

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There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws.

If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.

We want to get it done as quickly and inexpensively with as much creativity and flexibility as we can have.

We knew we could jump right back in this thing in a heartbeat the way our offense has been going this series.

I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.

It shows all of our hard work that we've done. It also shows how much we can still achieve.

I thoroughly enjoyed the meetings. It gave us an opportunity to get together and look at the issues we felt were appropriate.

We are certainly gratified by the Board of Supervisors' vote to accept the settlement agreement we proposed, ... We have said that this represents a true win-win for Comcast and the residents of San Francisco. And we believe the deal is exactly that.

The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.

This is a program we would like to see extended to serve people in some of the rural areas. There are a lot of people who live in isolated areas who aren't a part of this program.

If I had a bill in front of the legislature and came to the Coon Supper with enough bottles of 'Old No. 7' for all the legislators in attendance, it would be called bribery. When Jack Daniel's does it, it's just politics as usual.

The policymakers and political leaders in Memphis and Shelby County cannot accept a business-as-usual mentality if they hope to rescue the sinking ship that is the Memphis-area business climate.

There is only so much pie out there. We all have to share it. The young people need it, the working people need it and the elderly need it. WE just have to figure out how to best use the pie that we have.

I feel incompetent to perform duties...which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.

We definitely feel the constitution for the state of Alabama should be rewritten. We also feel there is a need for more support of our elderly people to help them get medical care.