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By Zachary Taylor
So far as it is possible to be informed, I shall make honesty, capacity, and fidelity indispensable prerequisites to the bestowal of office, and the absence of either of these qualities shall be deemed sufficient cause for removal.
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- 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, on how he would use the President's power to appoint officials.