Constitution Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Zachary Taylor

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret if for the friends I leave behind

— Zachary Taylor

Respect just doesn't have the same meaning anymore.

— 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…

— 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.

— Zachary Taylor

I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Zachary Taylor

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

— Zachary Taylor