Rutherford B. Hayes Quotes:
Ocupation: 19th U.S. President
Life: October 4, 1822 - January 17, 1893
Birthday: October 4
Death: January 17
All appointments hurt. Five friends are made cold or hostile for every appointment; no new friends are made. All patronage is perilous to men of real ability or merit. It aids only those who lack other claims to public support.
source: Letter to William McKinley. "Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Nineteenth President of the United States". Book edited by Charles Richard Williams, The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, December 27, 1892.
topic: Hurt, Real, Men, Patronage, Five Friends
