Tag: Zachary Taylor
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
Zachary Taylor
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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.
Zachary Taylor
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In reference to the Army and Navy, lately employed with so much distinction on active service, care shall be taken to insure the highest condition of efficiency; and in furtherance of that object, the Military and Naval Schools, sustained by the liberality of Congress, shall receive the special attention of the Executive.
Zachary Taylor
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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.
Zachary Taylor
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Economy I consider a virtue & should be practiced by all; there is certainly no way in which money can be laid out than in the education of children.
Zachary Taylor
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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.
Zachary Taylor
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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.
Zachary Taylor
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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.
Zachary Taylor
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I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.
Zachary Taylor
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Never judge a stranger by his clothes.
Zachary Taylor