Famous Quotes by Rutherford Birchard Hayes
- Shall the railroads govern the country, or shall the people govern the railroads? Shall the... More
- The Southern States are uneasy at the prospect of [Abraham] Lincoln’s election today. The ultra... More
- But you can assure Mother that all of her friends here will vote right ... not that we consider... More
- One of its [James A. Garfield’s assassination] lessons, perhaps its most important lesson, is... More
- The religion of the Bible is the best in the world. I see the infinite value of religion. Let it... More
- He serves his party best who serves his country best. More
- My wish for the American woman is that she may always be an elevating influence—man’s... More
- Have been reading “Genesis” several Sundays, not as a Christian reads for “spiritual... More
- One thing you may be sure of, I was not a party to covering up anything. More
- I feel the desire to be with you all the time. Oh, an occasional absence of a week or two is a... More
- I feel that you will not only be the making of my happiness, but also of my fortunes or success... More
- Coming in, I was denounced as a fraud by all the extreme men of the opposing party, and as an... More
- Is this not true—That in proportion to the value of their estates the extremely wealthy pay far... More
- Is there anything in which the people of this age and country differ more from those of other... More
- Colonel [John Charles] Fremont. Not a good picture, but will do to indicate my politics this... More
- I do not think a revival of business will be greatly postponed by [Samuel J.] Tilden’s... More
- The sacred obligation to the Union soldiers must not—will not be forgotten nor neglected....... More
- There is a feeling of loyalty to her which seems to compel me to indulge in mournful thoughts. Do... More
- If the Union is now dissolved it does not prove that the experiment of popular government is a... More
- I too mean to be out of politics. The ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment gives me the boon... More
- One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the... More
- Chile consents to do all we can reasonably demand. My regret is that our Government blustered and... More
- One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals. More
- These semi-traitors [Union generals who were not hostile to slavery] must be watched.—Let us be... More
- One of the most interesting and affecting things [on a difficult return march from a raid into... More
- There are two tendencies in all our war talk.... The first is to boast, if not of ourselves and... More
- What a prodigious growth this English race, especially the American branch of it, is having! How... More
- What Congress and the popular sentiment approve is rarely defeated by reason of constitutional... More
- Fanny was not there! How she would have enjoyed the scene.... I could not but think of her, and... More
- When I became President I was fully convinced that whatever might be true in Europe and of... More
- [T]his free and easy old-bachelor sort of life is quite full of fun and jollity. Pease and myself... More
- There are good points about all such wars. People forget self. The virtues of magnanimity,... More
- Busy replying to letters from divers office-seekers. They come by the dozens. More
- The real grounds of difference upon important political questions no longer correspond with party... More
- When the weather is bad as it was yesterday, everybody, almost everybody, feels cross and gloomy.... More
- The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the... More
- Both parties are injured by what is going on at Washington. Both are, therefore, more and more... More
- Both of us felt more anxiety about the South—about the colored people especially—than about... More
- Then we have difficulties between soldiers, very slight and easily disposed of; but troubles... More
- The question for the country now is how to secure a more equal distribution of property among the... More
- While I am in favor of the Government promptly enforcing the laws for the present, defending the... More
- While I believe that with a fair election in the South, our electoral vote would reach two... More
- While I shall not vote for the prohibition amendment, I would like to see a good, wholesome... More
- The strikes have been put down by force; but now for the real remedy. Can’t something [be] done... More
- While your rheumatism stays with you I naturally feel anxious to hear often. If you should be so... More
- Every good cause gained a victory when the Union troops were triumphant. Our final victory was... More
- The annexation to the United States of the adjacent parts of the continent both north and south,... More
- Every age has its temptations, its weaknesses, its dangers. Ours is in the line of the snobbish... More
- The progress of society is mainly ... the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the... More
- Evening attend two “fandangos.” Girls not very pretty but exceedingly graceful. [You] pay a... More
- Our wedding day, twenty years ago! A happy day. Darling is handsomer than she was then, with a... More
- Our party to the diplomatic corps was all that could be desired.... The exclusion of wine from... More
- The study of tools as well as of books should have a place in the public schools. Tools,... More
- Elections and politics in this country correspond with battles and war in other times and... More
- Election day!... Spiegel Grove, my home, never looked so beautiful before.... I prefer success.... More
- The band waked me with a serenade. How they improve! A fine band and what a life in a regiment!... More
- Yesterday the Electoral Commission decided not to go behind the papers filed with the... More
- I still think I ought to leave Washington well alone. I have many friends in that city who can of... More
- I still feel just as I told you, that I shall come safely out of this war. I felt so the other... More
- As usual with me I had some narrow escapes. While galloping rapidly, my fine large black horse... More
- Arrive at New Orleans, a city of ships, steamers, flatboats, rafts, mud, fog, filth, stench, and... More
- Gladstone in Great Britain and Parnell in Ireland, under the watchword, “Home Rule for... More
- As to Mr. Lincoln’s name and fame and memory,—all is safe. His firmness, moderation, goodness... More
- The California fever is not likely to take us off.... There is neither romance nor glory in... More
- The best hopes of any community rest upon that class of its gifted young men who are not... More
- The President has the authority to do a great deal in promoting a reform of the civil service.... More
- You know I am given to antiquarian and genealogical pursuits. An old family letter is a delight... More
- You left me last evening, and I am already half homesick about it. Possibly I would not have... More
- You must not feel too anxious about the little folks with you.... Their little peculiarities,... More
- You use the phrase “brutal Rebels.” Don’t be cheated in that way. There are enough... More
- If anybody could overthrow the spoils doctrine and practice, Grant is the man. It has been... More
- If any of my men kill prisoners, I’ll kill them. More
- As friends go it is less important to live. More
- The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win... More
- As far back as memory can carry me, the desire for fame was uppermost in my thoughts.... The... More
- Youth, however, is a defect that she is fast getting away from and may perhaps be entirely rid of... More
- If a liberal policy towards the late Rebels is adopted, the ultra Republicans are opposed to it;... More
- General [John] Pope is impulsive and hasty, but energetic, and, what is of most importance,... More
- General [George] Crook gave me a very agreeable present this afternoon—a pair of his old... More
- Any officer fit for duty who at this crisis would abandon his post to electioneer for a seat in... More
- General education is the best preventive of the evils now most dreaded. In the civilized... More
- [Gen. William S.] “Rosecrans [at Chicamauga] has been badly beaten!”... How these blows... More
- Anti-Nebraska, Know-Nothings, and general disgust with the powers that be, have carried this... More
- Another serious reverse. [Gen. Ambrose] Burnside’s repulse at Fredericksburg.... Now remains... More
- Another danger is imminent: A contested result. And we have no such means for its decision as... More
- He [William Merritt Chase] is, I suspect, getting a very truthful likeness. I would like it... More
- The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest.... More
- I shall not be surprised if Colonel [John Charles] Fremont receives less than one hundred... More
- To vote is like the payment of a debt—a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is... More
- The climate of Ohio is perfect, considered as the home of an ideal republican people. Climate has... More
- The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night... More
- In Sumter and other counties [in South Carolina] the whites are resorting to intimidation and... More
- Since I came to Virginia in July, I have not shaved; for weeks at a time I have slept in all... More
- I would strenuously urge a single term of six years. More
- In the evening we attended a lecture by Rev. Fitch, a missionary for twenty years to China—the... More
- Since ... six weeks ago, there has been no day in which I have not had letters and visits on the... More
- In the great and deep qualities of mind, heart, and soul, there is no change. Homer and Solomon... More
- How easily I could now let go of life! More
- Among the interesting thing in camp are the boys. You recollect the boy in Captain McIlrath’s... More
- Two more contrabands yesterday. These runaways are bright fellows. As a body they are superior to... More
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