Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Rutherford B. Hayes Quotes Click here for Rutherford B. Hayes books Rutherford B. Hayes: And His America "The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane desire to get higher." "We all agree that neither the Government nor political parties ought to interfere with religious sects." "The President of the United States of necessity owes his election to office to the suffrage and zealous labors of a political party, the members of which cherish with ardor and regard as of essential importance the principles of their party organization; but he should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves the country best." "It will be the duty of the Executive, with sufficient appropriations for the purpose, to prosecute unsparingly all who have been engaged in depriving citizens of the rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution." "In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments." "Fighting battles is like courting girls: those who make the most pretensions and are boldest usually win." "Disunion and civil war are at hand; and yet I fear disunion and war less than compromise. We can recover from them. The free States alone, if we must go on alone, will make a glorious nation." "I am a freeman and jolly as a beggar." "I have a talent for silence and brevity. I can keep silent when it seems best to do so, and when I speak I can, and do usually, quit when I am done." "I hope you will be benefitted by your churchgoing. Where the habit does not Christianize, it generally civilizes. That is reason enough for supporting churches, if there were no higher." "I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment — the sober second thought — of the people." "As knowledge spreads, wealth spreads. To diffuse knowledge is to diffuse wealth." "There can be no complete and permanent reform of the civil service until public opinion emancipates congressmen from all control and influence over government patronage." "Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times." "Personally I do not resort to force — not even the force of law — to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all the influence of example — of fashion. Until these resources are exhausted I would not think of force." "The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital." "Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. As millionaires increase, pauperism grows. The more millionaires, the more paupers." "Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you." "One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals." |
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