The progress of society is mainly—is, in its proper sense, the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the world. - Rutherford B. Hayes

Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. As millionaires increase, pauperism grows. The more millionaires, the more paupers.

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.

Coming in, I was denounced as a fraud by all the extreme men of the opposing party, and as an ingrate and a traitor by the same class of men in my own party. Going out, I have the good will, blessings, and approval of the best people of all parties and sections.