If elected, I would not be the mere president of a party - I would endeavor to act independent of party domination… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
The power given by the Constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto is a high conservative power; but in my opinion… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
The Bible is the best of books, and I wish it were in the hands of every one. It is indispensable to… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
The idea that I should become President seems to me too visionary to require a serious answer. It has never entered my… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
I have never yet exercised the privilege of voting, but had I been called upon at the last presidential election to do so, I… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
For more than half a century... this Union has stood unshaken. Whatever dangers may threaten it, I shall stand by it and maintain it… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret if for the friends I leave behind — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
Economy I consider a virtue & should be practiced by all; there is certainly no way in which money can be laid out than… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
Let us invoke a continuance of the same protecting care which has led us from small beginnings to the eminence we this day occupy. — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me. — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
My duty to the army and to the republic whose battles we were waging forbade me assuming a position of seeming hostility to any… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I have endeavored to fulfill what… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
The appointing power vested in the president imposes delicate and onerous duties. So far as it is possible to be informed, I shall make… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me. — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
