American - President | October 4, 1822 - January 17, 1893
As friends go it is less important to live.
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.
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Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you.
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Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself; indeed, it seems to execute itself.
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Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.
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The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.
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No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office.
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In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments.
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The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth.
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The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business.
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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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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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