Author: Zachary Taylor

Quotes

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

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

- Zachary Taylor

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

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

- Zachary Taylor

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.

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

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 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.

- Zachary Taylor

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.

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

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