23rd president · 1889–1893

Benjamin Harrison

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We should hold our differing opinions in mutual respect, and, having submitted them to the arbitrament of the ballot, should accept an adverse judgment with the same respect that we would have demanded of our opponents if the decision had been in our favor.
Benjamin HarrisonverifiedInaugural Address·March 4, 1889
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No political party can long pursue advantage at the expense of public honor or by rude and indecent methods without protest and fatal disaffection in its own body.
Benjamin HarrisonverifiedInaugural Address·March 4, 1889
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They will presently themselves be compelled to appeal to the law for protection, and those who would use the law as a defense must not deny that use of it to others.
Benjamin HarrisonverifiedInaugural Address·March 4, 1889