Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthurwas an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st President of the United States; he succeeded James A. Garfield upon the latter's assassination. At the outset, Arthur struggled to overcome a slightly negative reputation, which stemmed from his early career in politics as part of New York's Republican political machine. He succeeded by embracing the cause of civil service reform. His advocacy for, and subsequent enforcement of, the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was the centerpiece...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth5 October 1829
CityFairfield, CT
CountryUnited States of America
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No higher proof exists of the strength of popular government than, though the chosen of the people be struck down, his constitutional successor is peacefully installed without shock or strain.
Indiana was really, I suppose, a Democratic State. It has always been put down in the book as a state that might be carried by a close and careful and perfect organization and a great deal of [from audience: soap, in reference to purchased votes, the word being followed by laughter]. I see reporters here, and therefore I will simply say that everybody showed a great deal of interest in the occasion, and distributed tracts and political documents all through the country.
The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand.
Honors to me now are not what they once were.
It is provided by the Constitution that the President shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.
As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States and Mexico has been constantly maintained.
There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good temper, patience, order, courtesy, tact, self-reliance, many deference to superior officers, and many consideration for inferiors.
Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is another.
Where you stand depends where you sit.
Well, there doesn't seem anything else for an ex-President to do but to go into the country and raise big pumpkins.
I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.
If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth.
Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more power than you are now using. If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.
The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.