The quotations of

Rutherford B. Hayes

President of the United States from 1877 to 1881

1822–1893

10 quotes, most often on Money, Economics and War & Peace. Part of the U.S. Presidents collection.

Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.
Diary (13 July 1879)
- Money
Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. As millionaires increase, pauperism grows. The more millionaires, the more paupers.
Diary (16 February 1890)
- Economics
- Money
The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth.
Diary (12 December 1890)
- Economics
- Money
The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital.
Diary (11 March 1888)
- Money
- Power
As knowledge spreads, wealth spreads. To diffuse knowledge is to diffuse wealth. To give all an equal chance to acquire knowledge is the best and surest way to give all an equal chance to acquire property.
Diary (15 May 1878)
- Knowledge
- Money

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