Fit for Office"The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing
to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not fit
for public trust."
Millard Fillmore
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/millardfillmore/a/
quotefillmore.htm
Help"May God save the country, for it is evident that the
people will not."
Millard Fillmore
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/millard_fillmore/
Mistake"It is not strange ... to mistake change for progress."
Millard Fillmore
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/millard_fillmore/
Office-seeking"Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature
like office-seeking. Men of good character and impulses are
betrayed by it into all sorts of meanness."
Millard Fillmore
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/millard_fillmore/
Say What?"The nourishment is palatable."
Millard Fillmore
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/millard_fillmore/
Slavery"God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil,
for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it,
till we can get rid of it without destroying the last hope
of free government in the world."
Millard Fillmore
Source:http://www.eadshome.com/Fillmore.htm
Retired Presidents"It is a national disgrace that our Presidents, after having
occupied the highest position in the country, should be cast
adrift, and, perhaps, be compelled to keep a corner grocery
for subsistence."
Millard Fillmore
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/millardfillmore/a
/quotefillmore.htm
Revolutions"Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.
Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our Revolution.
They existed before."
Millard Fillmore
Winning and Loseing"An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory."
Millard Fillmore
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/millardfillmore/a/
quotefillmore.htm
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