Quote#Politics & Power
I have lived among Negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government…
Quote byAndrew Johnson · 1808–1875
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in Indianapolis, Indiana (26 February 1863)..
English (original)
I have lived among Negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is. I am for the Government of my fathers with Negroes, I am for it without Negroes. Before I would see this Government destroyed, I would send every negro back to Africa, disintegrated and blotted out of space.
— Andrew Johnson
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