Zachary Taylor
President
1784-11-24
Quotes by Zachary Taylor
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Never judge a stranger by his clothes.
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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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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The appointing power vested in the president imposes delicate and onerous duties. So far as it is possible to be informed, I shall make honesty, capacity, and fidelity indispensable prerequisites to the disposal of office, and the absence of either of these qualities shall be deemed sufficient cause for removal.
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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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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 it likely to enter the head of any other person.
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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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In no case can I permit myself to be a candidate of any party or yield myself to any party schemes.
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