Rutherford B. Hayes Quotes:
Ocupation: 19th U.S. President
Life: October 4, 1822 - January 17, 1893
Birthday: October 4
Death: January 17
The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane desire to get higher.
source: Letter "to a leading editor" on April 10, 1875. "The Life Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes", edited by James Quay Howard, ch. X, p. 144, www.gutenberg.org. 2007. 
topic: Insane, Desire, Getting High, Public Life
