Zitat des Tages von Zachary Taylor:
I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
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.
It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.
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.
My wife was as much of a soldier as I was.
I will not say I would not serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect 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.
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.
In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
