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Famous Quote

Grover Cleveland
1885-1889

"A man is known by the company he keeps, and also by the company from which he is kept out."

"Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust."

Chester A. Arthur
1881-1885

"Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remain unshaken." (September 22, 1881)

James A. Garfield
1881

"All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people." (April 21, 1880)

Rutherford B. Hayes
1877-1881

"Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office seeking." (1878)

Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877

"Keep the church and State forever separate." (1875)

"To maintain peace in the future, it is necessary to be prepared for war." (1886)

Andrew Johnson
1865-1869

"Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests." (February 22, 1869)

Abraham Lincoln
1861-1865

"I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals." (November 26, 1863)

"Truth is generally the best vindication against slander." (July 18, 1864)

James Buchanan
1857-1861

"The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men." (December 3, 1860)

Franklin Pierce
1853-1857

"The maintenance of large standing armies in our country would be not only dangerous, but unnecessary." (March 4, 1853)

Millard Fillmore
1850-1853

"An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory." (September 13, 1844)