No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.
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James K. Polk
11th US president (1795-1849). A dark-horse Democrat who, in one term, annexed Texas, settled Oregon and won the Mexican-American War — expanding U.S. territory by a third — then died of cholera 103 days after office.
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Source: ポーク日記 (Polk Diary)、Allan Nevins編 (1929)Verified
James K. Polk's Other Quotes
It has been well observed that the office of President of the United States should neither be sought nor declined.
Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil.
Our title to the country of the Oregon is clear and unquestionable.