45 Quotes by Zachary Taylor

I am not a party candidate, and if elected cannot be President of a party, but the President of the whole people.

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

I think this is a great idea and I do like knowing where my donations are going. I'm a lot more willing to contribute to a cause this way.

This does not mean the parish is getting into the animal control business. We are not, ... We won't be picking up any animals. The shelter will be for persons who bring their dogs there to WCI.

Let us invoke a continuance of the same protecting care which has led us from small beginnings to the eminence we this day occupy.

The only ground of hope for the continuance of our free institutions is in the proper moral and religious training of the children, that they may be prepared to discharge aright the duties of men and citizens.

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

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. . .

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.