--- title: "6 Etc Quotes By Rutherford B. Hayes" description: "6 Etc quotes by Rutherford B. Hayes. Plus more from Rutherford B. Hayes and more Etc sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_bible_have-been-reading-genesis-several-sunday_1178113.jpg" --- > [Have been reading "Genesis" several Sundays, not as a Christian reads for "spiritual consolation," "instruction," etc., not as aninfidel reads to carp…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/have-been-reading-genesis-several-sundays-not-as-a-christian-reads/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_bible_have-been-reading-genesis-several-sunday_1178113.jpg) > [There are good points about all... wars. People forget self. The virtues of magnanimity, courage, patriotism, etc., are called into life. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/there-are-good-points-about-all-wars-people-forget-self-the-virtues/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_character_there-are-good-points-about-all-wars-peo_1220790.jpg) > [ \[T\]his free and easy old-bachelor sort of life is quite full of fun and jollity. Pease and myself room together; and everything… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/t-his-free-and-easy-old-bachelor-sort-of-life-is-quite-full-of-fun/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_bachelors_t-his-free-and-easy-old-bachelor-sort-of_2360954.jpg) > [ Evening attend two "fandangos." Girls not very pretty but exceedingly graceful. \[You\] pay a dime for a figure and refreshments foryour doxy,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/evening-attend-two-fandangos-girls-not-very-pretty-but-exceedingly/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_baskets_evening-attend-two-fandangos-girls-not-v_2561698.jpg) > [One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/one-point-in-my-public-life-i-did-all-i-could-for-the-reform-of-the-2/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/377/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_administration_one-point-in-my-public-life-i-did-all-i_2563437.jpg) > [The climate of Ohio is perfect, considered as the home of an ideal republican people. Climate has much to do with national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/the-climate-of-ohio-is-perfect-considered-as-the-home-of-an-ideal/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cd/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_character_the-climate-of-ohio-is-perfect-considere_2865968.jpg) ## Other authors on Etc ## More by Rutherford B. Hayes > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/nothing-brings-out-the-lower-traits-of-human-nature-like-office/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/no-person-connected-with-me-by-blood-or-marriage-will-be-appointed-to/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/the-president-of-the-united-states-should-strive-to-be-always-mindful/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [The gloomy theology of the orthodox--the Calvinists--I do not, I cannot believe. Many of the notions--nay, most of the notions--which orthodox people have of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/the-gloomy-theology-of-the-orthodox-the-calvinists-i-do-not-i-cannot/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [Every age has its temptations, its weaknesses, its dangers. Ours is in the line of the snobbish and the sordid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/every-age-has-its-temptations-its-weaknesses-its-dangers-ours-is-in/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [Strikes and boycotting are akin to war, and can be justified only on grounds analogous to those which justify war, viz., intolerable injustice and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/strikes-and-boycotting-are-akin-to-war-and-can-be-justified-only-on/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane desire to get higher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/the-melancholy-thing-in-our-public-life-is-the-insane-desire-to-get/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [As friends go it is less important to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/as-friends-go-it-is-less-important-to-live/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [ My father and mother in 1817 were forty-nine days on the road with their emigrant wagons \[from Vermont\] to Ohio. More than two days… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/my-father-and-mother-in-1817-were-forty-nine-days-on-the-road-with/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/unjust-attacks-on-public-men-do-them-more-good-than-unmerited-praise/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [Nobody ever left the presidency with less regret, less disappointment, fewer heart burnings, or any general content with the result of his term (in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/nobody-ever-left-the-presidency-with-less-regret-less-disappointment/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [If a liberal policy towards the late Rebels is adopted, the ultra Republicans are opposed to it; if the colored people are honored, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/if-a-liberal-policy-towards-the-late-rebels-is-adopted-the-ultra/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [Disunion and civil war are at hand; and yet I fear disunion and war less than compromise. We can recover from them. The free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/disunion-and-civil-war-are-at-hand-and-yet-i-fear-disunion-and-war/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [The best religion the world has ever known is the religion of the Bible. It builds up all that is good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/the-best-religion-the-world-has-ever-known-is-the-religion-of-the/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) > [There is a great deal of strength in Garfield's life and struggles as a self-made man… From poverty and obscurity, by labor at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/there-is-a-great-deal-of-strength-in-garfield-s-life-and-struggles-as/) [Rutherford B. 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