Quote#Wisdom
I am a-goin' for to tell you here to-day; yes, I'm a-goin for to tell…
Quote byAndrew Johnson · 1808–1875
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: First address as Vice-President, widely reported as having been delivered while he was inebriated. (5 March 1865)..
English (original)
I am a-goin' for to tell you here to-day; yes, I'm a-goin for to tell you all, that I'm a plebian! I glory in it; I am a plebian! The people — yes, the people of the United States have made me what I am; and I am a-goin' for to tell you here to-day — yes, to-day, in this place — that the people are everything.
— Andrew Johnson
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