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" Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise. They are hurt less by undeserved censure than by undeserved commendation. Abuse helps; often praise hurts. "

Rutherford B. Hayes , Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Nineteenth President of the United States (1922)


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Rutherford B. Hayes quote : Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise. They are hurt less by undeserved censure than by undeserved commendation. Abuse helps; often praise hurts.