Rutherford B. Hayes

“The progress of society is mainly the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the world.”

“In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments.”

“We are in a period when old questions are settled and the new are not yet brought forward. Extreme party action, if continued in such a time, would ruin the party. Moderation is its only chance. The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power.”

“He serves his party best who serves his country best.”

“To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.”

“The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.”