It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.
From Zachary Taylor
I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
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.
Never judge a stranger by his clothes.
For more than a quarter of a century on active duty, my house has been my tent, and my home the battlefield.
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.
I cannot in any case permit myself to be brought before the people, exclusively, by any of the political parties that now so unfortunately divide our country, as their candidate for office.
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.
I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.
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.
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