Chester A. Arthur Quotes:- Chester A. Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885; he was the 20th vice president of the United States and became president upon the death of President James Garfield in September 1881.
Arthur was born in Fairfield, Vermont, grew up in upstate New York, and practiced law in New York City. He served as quartermaster general of the New York Militia during the American Civil War. Following the war, he devoted more time to Republican politics and quickly rose in New York Senator Roscoe Conkling’s political machine.
Inspirational Chester A. Arthur Quotes
“As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States and Mexico has been constantly maintained.”-Chester A. Arthur
“I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody’s damned business.”-Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur Quotes On Information
“It is provided by the Constitution that the President shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”-Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur Quotes On Fabrics
“Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remain unshaken.”–Chester A. Arthur
“The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand.”-Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur Quotes On Money
“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
Chester A. Arthur Quotes On Knowledge
“The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to the increase of our sanitary knowledge for such purposes deserve the attention of Congress.”-Chester A. Arthur
