Rutherford b. hayes

No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office.

Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.

We are in a period when old questions are settled and the new are not yet brought forward. Extreme party action, if continued in such a time, would ruin the party. Moderation is its only chance. The...

Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself; indeed, it seems to execute itself.

As friends go it is less important to live.

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.

I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct).

He serves his party best who serves his country best.

Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you.