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> [For more than a quarter of a century on active duty, my house has been my tent, and my home the battlefield.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/for-more-than-a-quarter-of-a-century-on-active-duty-my-house-has-been/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/zachary-taylor-16318_army_for-more-than-a-quarter-of-a-century-on_2241100.png)

## Other authors on Battlefield

- [Enock Maregesi 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battlefield/enock-maregesi/)

## More by Zachary Taylor

> [I have never yet exercised the privilege of voting, but had I been called upon at the last presidential election to do so, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/i-have-never-yet-exercised-the-privilege-of-voting-but-had-i-been/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [In conclusion I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/in-conclusion-i-congratulate-you-my-fellow-citizens-upon-the-high/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [For more than half a century... this Union has stood unshaken. Whatever dangers may threaten it, I shall stand by it and maintain it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/for-more-than-half-a-century-this-union-has-stood-unshaken-whatever/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret if for the friends I leave behind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/i-have-always-done-my-duty-i-am-ready-to-die-my-only-regret-if-for/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [Respect just doesn't have the same meaning anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/respect-just-doesn-t-have-the-same-meaning-anymore/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [Economy I consider a virtue & should be practiced by all; there is certainly no way in which money can be laid out than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/economy-i-consider-a-virtue-should-be-practiced-by-all-there-is/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [Let us invoke a continuance of the same protecting care which has led us from small beginnings to the eminence we this day occupy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/let-us-invoke-a-continuance-of-the-same-protecting-care-which-has-led/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/i-know-enough-of-the-family-life-of-officers-i-scarcely-know-my-own/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [My duty to the army and to the republic whose battles we were waging forbade me assuming a position of seeming hostility to any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/my-duty-to-the-army-and-to-the-republic-whose-battles-we-were-waging/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I have endeavored to fulfill what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/i-did-not-expect-to-encounter-what-has-beset-me-since-my-elevation-to/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [The appointing power vested in the president imposes delicate and onerous duties. So far as it is possible to be informed, I shall make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/the-appointing-power-vested-in-the-president-imposes-delicate-and/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/i-have-always-done-my-duty-i-am-ready-to-die-my-only-regret-is-for/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [I shall pursue a straight forward course deviating neither to the right or left so that comes what may I hope my real friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/i-shall-pursue-a-straight-forward-course-deviating-neither-to-the/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [I will not say I would not serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/i-will-not-say-i-would-not-serve-if-the-good-people-were-imprudent/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

> [For more than half a century, during which kingdoms and empires have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken. The patriots who formed it have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-taylor/for-more-than-half-a-century-during-which-kingdoms-and-empires-have/)

[Zachary Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-taylor/)

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