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Chester A. Arthur

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[Wikipedia] Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. A Republican from New York, he served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield in 1881, assuming the presidency after Garfield's assassination. Arthur's administration saw the largest expa

Quotes by Chester A. Arthur

Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is…

Chester A. Arthur

Arthur

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I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort…

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Arms

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There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good…

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Characteristics

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Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken.

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Institutions

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As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States…

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Advancement

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Where you stand depends where you sit.

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Depends

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The office of the Vice-President is a greater honor than I ever dreamed of attaining.

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Greater

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Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that…

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Fit

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It is provided by the Constitution that the President shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state…

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Congress

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Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken.

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Dies

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No higher proof exists of the strength of popular government than, though the chosen of the people be struck down, his constitutional…

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Chosen

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Experience has shown that the trade of the East is the key to national wealth and influence.

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East

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If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth.

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Funny

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Indiana was really, I suppose, a Democratic State. It has always been put down in the book as a state that might…

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Audience

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Well, there doesn't seem anything else for an ex-President to do but to go into the country and raise big pumpkins.

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Bigs

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I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.

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Business

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The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people…

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Evil

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The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand.

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Continents

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Honors to me now are not what they once were.

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Honor

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The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and…

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Attention

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