LAST WORDS
“I am just going. Have me decently buried and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead. Do you understand? Tis well.”
—GEORGE WASHINGTON
“It is the glorious Fourth of July. It is a great day. It is a good day. God bless it. God bless you all. Thomas Jefferson.”
—JOHN ADAMS
“Is it the Fourth? I resign my spirit to God, my daughter to my country.”
—THOMAS JEFFERSON
“Nothing more than a change of mind, my dear. I always talk better lying down.”
—JAMES MADISON
“I regret that I should leave this world without again beholding him.”
—JAMES MONROE, referring to James Madison
“This is the last of Earth. I am content.”
—JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
“There is but one reliance.”
—MARTIN VAN BUREN
—MARTIN VAN BUREN
“Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.”
—WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
“Doctor, I am going. Perhaps it is best.”
—JOHN TYLER
“I love you, Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.”
—JAMES POLK
“I am about to die. I expect the summons very soon. I have tried to discharge all my duties faithfully. I regret nothing, but I am sorry that I am about to leave my friends.”
—ZACHARY TAYLOR
“The nourishment is palatable.”
—MILLARD FILLMORE
“Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that at least I meant well for my country. Oh, Lord God Almighty, as thou wilt.”
—JAMES BUCHANAN
“It doesn’t really matter.”
—ABRAHAM LINCOLN
“My right side is paralyzed. I need no doctor. I can overcome my troubles.”
—ANDREW JOHNSON
“Water.”
—ULYSSES S. GRANT
“I know that I am going where Lucy is.”
—RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
“Oh Swaim, there is a pain here. Swaim, can’t you stop this? Oh, oh, Swaim.”
—JAMES GARFIELD
“I have tried so hard to do right.”
—GROVER CLEVELAND
“Are the doctors here? Doctor, my lungs.”
—BENJAMIN HARRISON
“Goodbye, goodbye, all. We are all going. It’s God’s way. His will be done, not ours. Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee. We are all going. We are all going. We are all going. Oh, dear.”
—WILLIAM MCKINLEY
“Please put out the light.”
—THEODORE ROOSEVELT
“I am a broken piece of machinery. When the machine is broken. I am ready, Edith.”
—WOODROW WILSON
“That’s good. Go on. Read some more.”
—WARREN HARDING
“Good morning, Robert.”
—CALVIN COOLIDGE
“Levi Strauss was one of my best friends.”
—HERBERT HOOVER
“Be careful.”
—FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
“I’ve always loved my wife, my children, and my grandchildren, and I’ve always loved my country. I want to go. I’m ready to go. God, take me.”
—DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
“That’s very obvious.”
—JOHN F. KENNEDY
“Send Mike immediately.”
—LYNDON B. JOHNSON