Andrew Johnson

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

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

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

Don't listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, they'd sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance.