--- title: "17 Ifs Quotes By Rutherford B. Hayes" description: "17 Ifs quotes by Rutherford B. Hayes. Plus more from Rutherford B. Hayes and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_civil-war_if-any-of-my-men-kill-prisoners-i-ll-kil_1092947.jpg" --- > [If any of my men kill prisoners, I'll kill them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/if-any-of-my-men-kill-prisoners-i-ll-kill-them/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_civil-war_if-any-of-my-men-kill-prisoners-i-ll-kil_1092947.jpg) > [Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/abolish-plutocracy-if-you-would-abolish-poverty/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_abolish_abolish-plutocracy-if-you-would-abolish_1390720.jpg) > [Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. As millionaires increase, pauperism grows. The more millionaires, the more paupers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/abolish-plutocracy-if-you-would-abolish-poverty-as-millionaires/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_abolish_abolish-plutocracy-if-you-would-abolish_3184591.jpg) > [I regard the inflation acts as wrong in all ways. Personally I am one of the noble army of debtors, and can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/i-regard-the-inflation-acts-as-wrong-in-all-ways-personally-i-am-one/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/006/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_army_i-regard-the-inflation-acts-as-wrong-in_2941014.jpg) > [Disunion and civil war are at hand; and yet I fear disunion and war less than compromise. We can recover from them.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_civil-war_disunion-and-civil-war-are-at-hand-and-y_498992.jpg) > [It is now true that this is God's Country, if equal rights-a fair start and an equal chance in the race of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/it-is-now-true-that-this-is-god-s-country-if-equal-rights-a-fair/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_chance_it-is-now-true-that-this-is-god-s-countr_1264753.jpg) > [I hope you will be benefitted by your churchgoing. Where the habit does not Christianize, it generally civilizes. That is reason enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/i-hope-you-will-be-benefitted-by-your-churchgoing-where-the-habit/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_church_i-hope-you-will-be-benefitted-by-your-ch_2710716.jpg) > [If a liberal policy towards the late Rebels is adopted, the ultra Republicans are opposed to it; if the colored people are…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_adopted_if-a-liberal-policy-towards-the-late-reb_483146.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) > [ He \[William Merritt Chase\] is, I suspect, getting a very truthful likeness. I would like it better if \[it\] was not so… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/he-william-merritt-chase-is-i-suspect-getting-a-very-truthful/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_appearance_he-william-merritt-chase-is-i-suspect-ge_2425584.jpg) > [My only objection to the arrangements there is the two-in-a-bed system. It is bad. But let your words and conduct be perfectly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/my-only-objection-to-the-arrangements-there-is-the-two-in-a-bed-2/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_arrangements_my-only-objection-to-the-arrangements-th_1939801.jpg) > [I am asked if I would not be gratified if my friends would procure me promotion to a brigadier-generalship. My feeling is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/i-am-asked-if-i-would-not-be-gratified-if-my-friends-would-procure-me/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b46/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_axioms_i-am-asked-if-i-would-not-be-gratified-i_2613453.jpg) > [ I prefer to make no new declarations \[on southern policy beyond what was in the Letter of Acceptance\]. But you may say,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/i-prefer-to-make-no-new-declarations-on-southern-policy-beyond-what/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_acceptance_i-prefer-to-make-no-new-declarations-on_1056419.jpg) > [Disunion and civil war are at hand; and yet I fear disunion and war less than compromise. We can recover from them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/disunion-and-civil-war-are-at-hand-and-yet-i-fear-disunion-and-war-2/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/217/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_civil-war_disunion-and-civil-war-are-at-hand-and-y_2424133.jpg) > [While I am in favor of the Government promptly enforcing the laws for the present, defending the forts and collecting the revenue,I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/while-i-am-in-favor-of-the-government-promptly-enforcing-the-laws-for/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_boundaries_while-i-am-in-favor-of-the-government-pr_666147.jpg) > [No man, however benevolent, liberal, and wise, can use a large fortune so that it will do half as much good in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/no-man-however-benevolent-liberal-and-wise-can-use-a-large-fortune-so/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_amount_no-man-however-benevolent-liberal-and-wi_2104949.jpg) > [There are two tendencies in all our war talk… The first is to boast, if not of ourselves and our deeds, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/there-are-two-tendencies-in-all-our-war-talk-the-first-is-to-boast-if/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_army_there-are-two-tendencies-in-all-our-war_623348.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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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