Zachary Taylor

“As American freemen, we cannot but sympathize in all efforts to extend the blessings of civil and political liberty, but at the same time, we are warned by the admonitions of history and the voice of our own beloved Washington to abstain from entangling alliances with foreign nations.”

“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.”

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