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James A. Garfield quotes

American President November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881

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James A. Garfield quote: "I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men..."
I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike. James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield quote: "Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit..."
Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life. James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield quote: "I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them..."
I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came. James A. Garfield
Freedom can never yield its fullness of blessings so long as the law or its administration places the smallest obstacle in the pathway of any virtuous citizen. James A. Garfield
There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of kindness or courage or loyalty or integrity. It really matters very little whether they are behind the wheel of a truck or running a business or bringing up a family. The teach the truth by living it. James A. Garfield
It has occurred to me that the thing you have, that all men have enough of, is perhaps the thing that you care for the best, and that is your leisure - the leisure you have to think; the leisure you have to be let alone; the leisure you have to throw the plummet into your mind, and sound the depth and dive for things below. James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield quote: "If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best..."
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it. James A. Garfield
Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim. James A. Garfield
Whoever controls the volume of money in our country is absolute master of allindustry and commerce...when you realize that the entire system is very easilycontrolled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will nothave to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate. James A. Garfield
There is no horizontal stratification of society in this country like the rocks in the earth, that hold one class down below forevermore, and let another come to the surface to stay there forever. Our stratification is like the ocean, where every individual drop is free to move, and where from the sternest depths of the mighty deep any drop may come up to glitter on the highest wave that rolls. James A. Garfield
Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained. James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield quote: "The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand..."
The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people. James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield quote: "Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter."
Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter. James A. Garfield
I never meet a ragged boy in the street without feeling that i may owe him a salute, for I know not what possibilities may be buttoned up under his coat. James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield quote: "A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face..."
A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil. James A. Garfield

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