Quote#Wisdom
Notwithstanding a mendacious press; notwithstanding a subsidized gang…
Quote byAndrew Johnson · 1808–1875
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in Cleveland, Ohio (3 September 1866)..
English (original)
Notwithstanding a mendacious press; notwithstanding a subsidized gang of hirelings who have not ceased to traduce me, I have discharged all my official duties and fulfilled my pledges. And I say here tonight that if my predecessor had lived, the vials of wrath would have poured out upon him.
— Andrew Johnson
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