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By Millard Fillmore
I claim only to have discharged them to the best of an humble ability, with a single eye to the public good, and it is with devout gratitude in retiring from office that I leave the country in a state of peace and prosperity.
- Source
- Third Annual Message, December 6, 1852
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- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From the closing lines of Fillmore's third annual message, December 6, 1852, his last message to Congress as President. 'Them' refers to the duties of the office.