Zachary Taylor famous quotes

06-17-2025

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

#Regret #Done #Duty
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 permanence of our institutions. A free government can not exist without religion and morals, and there cannot be morals without religion. Especially should the Bible be placed in the hands of the young. It is the best school book in the world. I would that all our people were brought up under the influence of that holy book.
-- Zachary Taylor

#Education #Book #School
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 hopes and happiness of the whole human family.
-- Zachary Taylor

#Country #Inspirational Life #Responsibility
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 and tries to piss on it. But if you fall asleep and neglect it...You'll wake up with ashes.
-- Zachary Taylor

#Strong #Fall #Character
Stop your nonsense and drink your whiskey!
-- Zachary Taylor

#Whiskey #Drink #Nonsense
I regret nothing, but I am sorry that I am about to leave my friends.
-- Zachary Taylor

#Regret #Sorry #I Am Sorry
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 avoided if compatible with national honor.
-- Zachary Taylor

#War #Honor #Arms
I am not a party candidate, and if elected cannot be President of a party, but the President of the whole people.
-- Zachary Taylor

#Party #People #President
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. 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

#Country #Citizens #Care
In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend.
-- Zachary Taylor

#Constitution #Guides #Duty
I have no private purpose to accomplish, no party objectives to build up, no enemies to punish-nothing to serve but my country.
-- Zachary Taylor

#Country #Party #Enemy
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 be exercised except in cases of clear violation of the Constitution, or manifest haste and want of due consideration by Congress.
-- Zachary Taylor

#Haste #Want #Conservative
I would not be the mere President of a Party. I feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.
-- Zachary Taylor

#Party #Government #Presidential
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.
-- Zachary Taylor

#Ideas #Presidential #Answers
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 since descended to the grave; yet still it remains, the proudest monument to their memory. . .
-- Zachary Taylor

#Memories #Long #Presidential
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

#Care #This Day

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