Coming in, I was denounced as a fraud by all the extreme men of the opposing party, and as an ingrate and a traitor by the same class of men in my own party. Going out, I have the good will, blessings, and approval of the best people of all parties . . .
Source: In Diary and Letters R. B. Hayes, 1924.
-- Rutherford B Hayes, (Oct 4 1822-1893), US president (19th); He brought post-Civil War Reconstruction to an end in the South and who tried to establish new standards of official integrity.