"Indiana was really, I suppose, a Democratic State.……" — Chester A. Arthur
"Indiana was really, I suppose, a Democratic State. It has always been put down in the book as a state that might be carried by a close and careful and perfect organization and a great deal of [from audience: soap, in reference to purchased votes, the word being followed by laughter]. I see reporters here, and therefore I will simply say that everybody showed a great deal of interest in the occasion, and distributed tracts and political documents all through the country."
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Chester A. Arthur
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13 Quotes by Chester A. Arthur
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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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Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken.
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Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in…
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If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth.
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No higher proof exists of the strength of popular government than, though the chosen of the people be struck down,…
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I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined…
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As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the…
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The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply…
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It is provided by the Constitution that the President shall from time to time give to the Congress information of…
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Madam, I may be President of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damn business.
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