American - President | November 24, 1784 - July 9, 1850
I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
Zachary Taylor
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Never judge a stranger by his clothes.
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Soldiers, I intend to stay here, not only as long as a man remains, but as long as a piece of a man is left.
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I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I have endeavored to fulfill what I considered to be an honest duty, but I have been mistaken; my motives have been misconstrued and my feelings grossly betrayed.
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As to the Constitution and the Union, I have taken an oath to support the one, and I cannot do so without preserving the other, unless I commit perjury, which I certainly don't intend to do. We must cherish the Constitution to the last.
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It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.
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My wife was as much of a soldier as I was.
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I hope some compromise will be entered into between the two parties, slavery & antislavery, which will have the effect of allaying violent passions on both sides.
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I will not say I would not serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me.
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If elected, I would not be the mere president of a party - I would endeavor to act independent of party domination and should feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.
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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.
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As American freemen, we cannot but sympathize in all efforts to extend the blessings of civil and political liberty, but at the same time, we are warned by the admonitions of history and the voice of our own beloved Washington to abstain from entangling alliances with foreign nations.
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