John Tyler Quotes: His last words at his death
John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841) Vice President of the United States, and the tenth (1841–1845) President of the United States. He was the second President born after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the first to assume the office of President following the death of his predecessor.
Best John Tyler Quotes:
John Tyler quotes
1. So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.
― John Tyler
2. If the tide of defamation and abuse shall turn, and my administration come to be praised, future Vice-Presidents who may succeed to the Presidency may feel some slight encouragement to pursue an independent course.
― John Tyler
3. I can never consent to being dictated to.
― John Tyler
4. If we find ourselves increasing beyond example in numbers, in strength, in wealth, in knowledge, in everything which promotes human and social happiness, let us ever remember our dependence for all these on the protection and merciful dispensations of Divine Providence.
― John Tyler
5. You will succeed even if others do not believe in you, but it is hard to succeed if you don’t believe in yourself.”
― John Tyler
6. When the happy era shall arrive for the emancipation of nations, hastened on as it will be by the example of America, shall they not resort to the Declaration of our Independence as the charter of their rights, and will not its author be hailed as the benefactor of the redeemed?
― John Tyler
7. Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.
― John Tyler
8. It was hard graft all the way and a good result in the end.
― John Tyler
9. Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God.
― John Tyler
10. I am going. . . .Perhaps it is best.
(His last words at his death)
― John Tyler
11. Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette-the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.
― John Tyler
12. Patronage is the sword and cannon by which war may be made on the liberty of the human race.
― John Tyler
13. The great truth that government was made for the people and not the people for government has already been established in the practice and by the example of these United States, and we can do no other than contemplate its further exemplification by a sister republic with the deepest interest.
― John Tyler
14. Everything dependent on human action is liable to abuse.
― John Tyler
15. In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed of thorns. I now leave that bed which has afforded me little rest, and eagerly seek repose in the quiet enjoyments of rural life.
― John Tyler
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