Top 15 Zachary Taylor Quotes

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

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.

For more than a quarter of a century on active duty, my house has been my tent, and my home the battlefield.

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.

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.

My wife was as much of a soldier as I was.

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.

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.

I will not say I would not serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me.

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.

Never judge a stranger by his clothes.

In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.

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.

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.

I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.