John Tyler quotes
1790–1862 · Charles City, VA
...it shall be my first and highest duty to preserve unimpaired the free institutions under which we live and transmit them to those who shall succeed me in their full force and vigor.
✓ VerifiedJohn Tyler
- Source
- Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of the United States, April 9, 1841
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
The observance of these rules is enjoined upon us by that feeling of reverence and affection which finds a place in the heart of every patriot for the preservation of union and the blessings of union--for the good of our children and our children's children through countless generations.
✓ VerifiedJohn Tyler
- Source
- Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of the United States, April 9, 1841
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
The institutions under which we live, my countrymen, secure each person in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights.
✓ VerifiedJohn Tyler
- Source
- Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of the United States, April 9, 1841
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
In view of the fact, well avouched by history, that the tendency of all human institutions is to concentrate power in the hands of a single man, and that their ultimate downfall has proceeded from this cause, I deem it of the most essential importance that a complete separation should take place between the sword and the purse.
✓ VerifiedJohn Tyler
- Source
- Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of the United States, April 9, 1841
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
In regard to foreign nations, the groundwork of my policy will be justice on our part to all, submitting to injustice from none.
✓ VerifiedJohn Tyler
- Source
- Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of the United States, April 9, 1841
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara