Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayeswas the 19th President of the United States. As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War and Reconstruction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth4 October 1822
CityDelaware, OH
CountryUnited States of America
Rutherford B. Hayes quotes about
habit bad-habits swearing
Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit.
voting debt vote
To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.
experts beginners
Every expert was once a beginner.
religious believe party
We all agree that neither the Government nor political parties ought to interfere with religious sects. It is equally true that religious sects ought not to interfere with the Government or with political parties. We believe that the cause of good government and the cause of religion suffer by all such interference.
country patriotic people
It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear...
military enemy lines
Perhaps the happiest moment of my life was then, when I saw that our line didn't break and that the enemy's did.
voice voice-of-god conscience
Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you.
successful winning enterprise
The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business.
educational neglect duty
I am loaded down to the guards with educational, benevolent, and other miscellaneous public work, I must not attempt to do more. I cannot without neglecting imperative duties.
office dozen letters
Busy replying to letters from divers office-seekers. They come by the dozens.
vices mediocrity virtue
Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.
bayonets policy
My policy is trust peace and to put aside the bayonet.
family eye zest
You know I am given to antiquarian and genealogical pursuits. An old family letter is a delight to my eyes. I can prowl in old trunks of letters by the day with undiminished zest.
education country countries-of-the-world
General education is the best preventive of the evils now most dreaded. In the civilized countries of the world, the question is how to distribute most generally and equally the property of the world. As a rule, where education is most general the distribution of property is most general.... As knowledge spreads, wealth spreads. To diffuse knowledge is to diffuse wealth. To give all an equal chance to acquire knowledge is the best and surest way to give all an equal chance to acquire property.