I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country. Zachary Taylor Read Quote
In no case can I permit myself to be a candidate of any party or yield myself to any party schemes. Zachary Taylor Read Quote
I will not say I would not serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me. Zachary Taylor Read Quote
My duty to the army and to the republic whose battles we were waging forbade me assuming a position of seeming hostility to any portion of the brave men under my command. Zachary Taylor Read Quote
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. Zachary Taylor Read Quote
The confidence and respect shown by my countrymen in calling me to be the Chief Magistrate of a Republic holding a high rank among the nations of the earth have inspired me with feelings of the most profound gratitude. Zachary Taylor Read Quote
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. Zachary Taylor Read Quote
I have never yet exercised the privilege of voting, but had I been called upon at the last presidential election to do so, I should most certainly have cast my vote for Mr. Clay. Zachary Taylor Read Quote
I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me. Zachary Taylor Read Quote
