Quotes by Richard Mentor Johnson

About Richard Mentor Johnson:

Richard Mentor Johnson is the only vice president ever elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment. Johnson also represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate; he began and ended his political career in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
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What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small.

Richard Mentor Johnson

Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances.

Richard Mentor Johnson

Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness.

Richard Mentor Johnson

Author Bio

  • NameRichard Mentor Johnson
  • DescriptionNinth Vice President of the United States
  • BornOctober 17, 1780
  • DiedNovember 19, 1850
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer