Rutherford B. Hayes

President

1822-10-04

Books by Rutherford B. Hayes

State of the Union Addresses of Rutherford B. Hayes
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State Of The Union Addresses
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Dedication of the Hayes Memorial Library and Museum in honor of Rutherford Birchard Hayes at Spiegel Grove State Park, Fremont, Ohio, May 30, 1916
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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.
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Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.
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Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit.
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The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead of soirees.
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One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.
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Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.
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Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right.
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Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in arbitration; but the soldier's occupation we cannot say is gone until human nature is gone.
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I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good sense and energy are the qualities required.
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He serves his party best who serves the country best.
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