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Experience has shown that the trade of the East is the key to national wealth and influence. Experience has shown that the trade of the East is the key to national wealth and influence.

Chester A. Arthur

Asia | Trade

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There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good s... - MORE There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good temper, patience, order, courtesy, tact, self-reliance, many deference to superior officers, and many consideration for inferiors.

Chester A. Arthur

government | civil service

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I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined wi... - MORE I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization.

Chester A. Arthur

peace

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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 c... - MORE 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"Ma 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.

Chester A. Arthur

elections

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The office of the Vice-President is a greater honor than I ever dreamed of attaining. The office of the Vice-President is a greater honor than I ever dreamed of attaining.

Chester A. Arthur

government | vice presidency, the

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Madam, I may be President of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damn business. Madam, I may be President of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damn business.

Chester A. Arthur

leadership | presidency: U.S.

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Honors to me now are not what they once were. Honors to me now are not what they once were.

Chester A. Arthur

achievement

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What a pleasant lot of fellows they are. What a pity they have so little sense about politics. If they lived North the last one of... - MORE What a pleasant lot of fellows they are. What a pity they have so little sense about politics. If they lived North the last one of them would be Republicans.

Chester A. Arthur

politics | Democrats

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Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken. Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken.

Chester A. Arthur

government

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The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed f... - MORE The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.

Chester A. Arthur

government | spending

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