Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th President of the United States (1877–1881).
The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness. Use this quote
The filth and noise of the crowded streets soon destroy the elasticity of health which belongs to the country boy. Use this quote
No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office. Use this quote
Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in arbitration; but the soldier's occupation we cannot say is gone until human nature is gone. Use this quote
It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear...' Use this quote
