"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."
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/rutherfordbhayes1/a/
quotehayes.htm
Battles
Fighting battles is like courting girls: those who make the most
pretensions and are boldest usually win.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Source:http://www.jimpoz.com/quotes/speaker.php?speakerid=934
http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/links/
Best
The President of the United States of necessity owes his election
to office to the suffrage and zealous labors of a political
party, ...but he should strive to be always mindful of the fact that
he serves his party best who serves the country best."
Rutherford B. Hayes
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/rutherfordbhayes1/a/
quotehayes.htm
Civil Service
"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 . . . No proper legislation is to be expected
as long as members of Congress are engaged in procuring offices for
their constituents." (1879)
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://www.historywise.com/KoTrain/Courses/
RBH/RBH_In_His_Own_Words.htm
Compromise
"Disunion and civil war are at hand, and yet I fear disunion and war
less than compromise."
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://starship.python.net/crew/manus/Presidents/rbh/rbhobit.html
Duty
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.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/
rutherford_b_hayes.html
Enjoyments
In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have
sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and
others of innocent enjoyments.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r
/rutherford_b_hayes.html
Labor
Strikes and boycotting are akin to war, and can be justified only on
grounds analogous to those which justify war, viz., intolerable
injustice and oppression.
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://chatna.com/author/hayesrutherford.htm
Leaving Office
"Coming in, I was denounced as a fraud by all the extreme men
of the opposing party, and as an ingrate and a traitor by the same
class of men in my own party. Going out, I have the good will,
blessings, and approval of the best people of all parties..."
Rutherford B. Hayes
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/
"Nobody ever left the presidency with less regret, less disappointment,
fewer heart burnings, or any general content with the result of his term
(in his own heart, I mean) than I do."
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://www.historywise.com/KoTrain/Courses/
RBH/RBH_In_His_Own_Words.htm
Lucy Hayes
"I know that I am going where Lucy is." (His last words about his deceased
wife at his death in January of 1893)
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://www.historywise.com/KoTrain/Courses/
RBH/RBH_In_His_Own_Words.htm
Meaness
"Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office-seeking.
Men of good character and impulses are betrayed by it into all sorts
of meanness."
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/rutherfordbhayes1/a/
quotehayes.htm
Native Americans
"Let all our dealings with the Red man be characterized by
justice and good faith, and let there be the most liberal provision
for his physical wants, for education in its widest sense, and for
religious instruction and training."
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://www.historywise.com/KoTrain/Courses/
RBH/RBH_In_His_Own_Words.htm
Newspaper
"I would honor the man who would give to his country a good newspaper."
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://www.historywise.com/KoTrain/Courses/
RBH/RBH_In_His_Own_Words.htm
North and South
"Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that it is my
earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interest—
the interests of the white and of the colored people both and
equally—and to put forth my best efforts in behalf of a civil policy
which will forever wipe out in our political affairs the color line
and the distinction between North and South, to the end that
we may have not merely a united North or a united South, but a
united country."
Rutherford B. Hayes
Source:http://www.historywise.com/KoTrain/Courses/
RBH/RBH_In_His_Own_Words.htm
Policy
"My policy is trust—peace, and to put aside the bayonet."
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://www.historywise.com/KoTrain/Courses/
RBH/RBH_In_His_Own_Words.htm
Poverty
"Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty."
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/rutherfordbhayes1/a/
quotehayes.htm
Public Life
"The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane
desire to get higher."
Rutherford B. Hayes.
Source:http://www.historywise.com/KoTrain/Courses/
RBH/RBH_In_His_Own_Words.htm
Telephone
"An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?"
Rutherford B. Hayes
Source:http://en.thinkexist.com/
Sectionalism
It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that
sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear...'
Rutherford B. Hayes
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/
rutherford_b_hayes.html
