Chester A. Arthur
1829 - 1886
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Biography
Chester A. Arthur was an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st President of the United States from 1881 to 1885. He was born in 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont. Arthur became president after the assassination of James A. Garfield and is known for his efforts to reform the civil service system. He also worked to modernize the U.S. Navy during his presidency.
Famous Quotes (5)
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I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody’s damned business.
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Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken.
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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 for it.
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There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money.
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Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more power than you are now using.