I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap... by Benjamin Harrison | We Heart Quotes

Will Man President Civil War Republican Party

I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.

- Benjamin Harrison

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Now Being Government

This Government has found occasion to express, in a friendly spirit, but with much earnestness, to the Government of the Czar, its serious concern because of the harsh measures now being enforced against the Hebrews in Russia.

- Benjamin Harrison

Great lives never go out; they go on.

- Benjamin Harrison

The manner by which women are treated is a good criterion to judge the true state of society. If we know but this one feature in a character of a nation, we may easily judge the rest, for as society advances, the true character of women is discovered.

- Benjamin Harrison

Change Rest

I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event.

- Benjamin Harrison

Truth

The bud of victory is always in the truth.

- Benjamin Harrison

Government People

No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.

- Benjamin Harrison

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