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

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

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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.

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

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In no case can I permit myself to be a candidate of any party or yield myself to any party schemes.

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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.

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I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.

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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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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.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: November 24th, 1784

Died: July 9th, 1850

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