“The only road, the sure road to unquestioned credit and a sound financial condition is the exact and punctual fulfilment of every pecuniary obligation, public and private, according to its letter and spirit.”

— Rutherford B. Hayes

Speech at New England Society Dinner, Brooklyn (21 December 1880)

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