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Tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many, more rigorously, more vigorously, and more severely, than by one.

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Andrew Johnson
Age: 66 †
Born: 1808
Born: December 29
Died: 1875
Died: July 31
17Th U.S. President
Military Officer
Politician
Slaveholder
Statesperson
Tailor
Raleigh
North Carolina
A. Johnson
President Johnson
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Freedom
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Rigorously
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