What do you think of this quote from President Andrew Johnson?

Question

The man who took over the presidency from Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, said in a speech to the Senate, “...Let us look forward to the time when we can take the flag of our country and nail it below the Cross, and there let it wave as it waved in the olden times, and let us gather around it and inscribed for our motto: ‘Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, now and forever, and exclaim, Christ first, our country next!’”

Do you see this as too religious ("wearing one's religion on his sleeve in today's jargon) or right on the mark?

Answer 1

I know one thing: I doubt if anyone complained about the statement when he made it. Satan's minions hadn't taken over the colleges and the media yet back then, so peoples' minds hadn't been twisted enough to attack the President for his Christianity (like they do now)..

Answer 2

Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Johnson was a U.S. Senator from Greeneville, Tennessee at the time of the secession of the southern states. He was the only Southern Senator not to quit his post upon secession, and became the most prominent War Democrat from the South. In 1862 Lincoln appointed Johnson military governor of Tennessee, where he proved energetic and effective in fighting the rebellion. Johnson was nominated for the Vice President slot in 1864 on the National Union Party ticket. He was elected along with Abraham Lincoln in November 1864, and he became president upon Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865. As president he took charge of Presidential Reconstruction — the first phase of Reconstruction — which lasted until the Radical Republicans gained control of Congress in the 1866 elections. His conciliatory policies towards the South, his hurry to reincorporate the former Confederates back into the union, and his vetoes of civil rights bills embroiled him in a bitter dispute with the Radical Republicans. The Radicals in the House of Representatives impeached him in 1868, and he was acquitted by a single vote in the Senate, that of Edmund G. Ross. He was the first U.S. President to be impeached.

Answer 3

First of all,was it Andrew Johnson or Andrew Jackson who said it?Anyway it doesn't matter if the name is correct,lets address the issue at hand.I think that the Chain of command should always start with the Creator(not Jesus,he was Created by the Creator),once you establish that,then you have a perfect solution for any problem that may arise.The problem we have in this country and around the world is,we do not show proper respect for that which Created us,we acquire a little knowledge and immediately start the process of eliminating the order of things and the authority of the Creator tends to be ignored in our movement,we should put the Creator first,and everything will line up perfectly.

Answer 4

What is the trouble with the world today? It is this: the desperate desires that men have to make other men accept their views. That was and has been the trouble with the Occident since the downfall of paganism. It was the scandal of the Christian church -- and I say it with reverence for the many noble hearts who have lived in and brightened that church with their lives. The great fault of men from the time of the downfall of Rome in all the European countries, and in these two continents of ours, has been the desperate effort of men to force others to think as they do -- in religion, in politics, in society, it matters not what.

Answer 5

Right on the mark!

Country never comes before Christ. Hey, can you give a source for that quote so I can use it in the future?

Answer 6

I've always felt kind of bad for President Johnson. He was one of the most ineffective and least popular Presidents in history.

Answer 7

It goes against every principle of the founding fathers. this nation was founded for the people and not for the religious beliefs of some people. he should have been impeached but at least history has shown him to be a very bad president, much like our current one.

Answer 8

He should have realized that in his position as President of the United States, such comments are inappropriate.


I agree with him, but I'm not President.

Answer 9

I do not see it as too religious, I see it as basic principles our Country was founded on

Answer 10

That's a quote from 150 years ago, based on those times.
Things have changed.
It may have been considered too religious then, it definitely is now.