6 Chester A. Arthur Quotes on Politics

Chester A. Arthur quotes on politics

2. 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,' in 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.

3. 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.

7. 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.

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

11. I don't think we had better go into the minute secrets of the campaign, so far as I know them, because I see the reporters are present, who are taking it all down.

12. Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is another.