Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886) American politician, 21st President of the United States (in office from 1881 to 1885)
First annual message (1881).
1880s
“A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants…. The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not, of course, give them the feelings and manners of gentle folks, or in any way really raise them above the servants they employ, who are quite aware of this fact, and that the possession of wealth is literally the only superiority their employers have over them.”
Further Records, 1848-1883, vol. 1; entry dated February 12, 1874 (1891).
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