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By Zachary Taylor
In the discharge of these duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to "preserve, protect, and defend."
- Source
- Inaugural Address, March 5, 1849
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- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Taylor's inaugural address on March 5, 1849. The ceremony was held a day late because March 4 fell on a Sunday. He is naming the Constitution as his guide in office.