Zachary Taylor Quotes

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• May the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the…
• I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
• For more than half a century, during which kingdoms and empires have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken. The patriots who formed it have long…
• The idea that I should become President seems to me too visionary to require a serious answer. It has never entered my head, nor is…
• I would not be the mere President of a Party. I feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.
• 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 country.…
• I am not a party candidate, and if elected cannot be President of a party, but the President of the whole people.
• My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be…
• I regret nothing, but I am sorry that I am about to leave my friends.
• Stop your nonsense and drink your whiskey!
• The power given by the Constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto is a high conservative power; but in my opinion it should never…
• I have no private purpose to accomplish, no party objectives to build up, no enemies to punish-nothing to serve but my country.
• In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend.
• A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy to keep the flame burning, even if someone comes along…
• The Bible is the best of books, and I wish it were in the hands of every one. It is indispensable to the safety and…
• Let us invoke a continuance of the same protecting care which has led us from small beginnings to the eminence we this day occupy.
• I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret if for the friends I leave behind
• Respect just doesn't have the same meaning anymore.

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