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By Andrew Johnson
Duties have been mine; consequences are God's.
- Source
- Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of the United States, April 17, 1865
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Johnson's address on April 17, 1865, two days after Lincoln's death. He says this is the foundation of his political creed. It is a short, clear statement of doing the work and leaving the outcome.