I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct). — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible. — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office. — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Nobody ever left the presidency with less regret, less disappointment, fewer heart burnings, or any general content with the result of his… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The most noticeable weakness of Congressmen is their timidity. They fear the use to be made of their "record." They are afraid… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions, or election campaigns. Their… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
I leave the governor's office next week, and with it public life[which] has been on the whole a pleasant one. But for… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
There can be no complete and permanent reform of the civil service until public opinion emancipates congressmen from all control and influence… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The ex-Presidential situation has its advantages, but with them are certain drawbacks. The correspondence is large. The meritorious demands on one are… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
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… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office. — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
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… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Every age has its temptations, its weaknesses, its dangers. Ours is in the line of the snobbish and the sordid. — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Strikes and boycotting are akin to war, and can be justified only on grounds analogous to those which justify war, viz., intolerable injustice and… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane desire to get higher. — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
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… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise. — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Nobody ever left the presidency with less regret, less disappointment, fewer heart burnings, or any general content with the result of his term (in… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
If a liberal policy towards the late Rebels is adopted, the ultra Republicans are opposed to it; if the colored people are honored, the… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
![“I leave the governor's office next week, and with it public life[which] has been on the whole a pleasant one. But for ten years and over my salaries have not equalled my expenses, and there has been a feeling of responsibility, a lack of independence, and a necessary neglect of my family and…” quote by Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5e2/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_comfort_i-leave-the-governor-s-office-next-week_1578561.jpg)
![“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 for each hour that I spent in the same journey.” quote by Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/290/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_father_my-father-and-mother-in-1817-were-forty_289081.jpg)
