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By Andrew Johnson
Toil and an honest advocacy of the great principles of free government have been my lot.
- Source
- Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of the United States, April 17, 1865
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- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Johnson's short address on April 17, 1865, two days after Lincoln's death and his own swearing in as President. He is telling a delegation what he has stood for in public life.