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James A. Garfield quotes: To all our means of culture is added the powerful incentive to personal ambition, no post of honor is so high but the poorest may hope to reach it.

To all our means of culture is added the powerful incentive to personal ambition, no post of honor is so high but the poorest may hope to reach it.

James A. Garfield quotes: Great ideas travel slowly, and for a time noiselessly, as the gods whose feet were shod with wool.

Great ideas travel slowly, and for a time noiselessly, as the gods whose feet were shod with wool.

James A. Garfield quotes: The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

James A. Garfield quotes: Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.

Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.

James A. Garfield quotes: We are apt to be deluded into false security by political catch-words, devised to flatter rather than instruct.

We are apt to be deluded into false security by political catch-words, devised to flatter rather than instruct.

James A. Garfield quotes: Light itself is a great corrective. A thousand wrongs and abuses that are grown in darkness disappear, like owls and bats, before the light of day.

Light itself is a great corrective. A thousand wrongs and abuses that are grown in darkness disappear, like owls and bats, before the light of day.

James A. Garfield quotes: Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests.

Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests.

James A. Garfield quotes: I am a poor hater.

I am a poor hater.

James A. Garfield quotes: It is not right or manly to lie even about Satan.

It is not right or manly to lie even about Satan.

James A. Garfield quotes: Heroes did not make our liberties; they but reflected and illustrated them.

Heroes did not make our liberties; they but reflected and illustrated them.

James A. Garfield quotes: The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show

The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show

James A. Garfield quotes: All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

James A. Garfield quotes: There are some things I am afraid of: I am afraid to do a mean thing.

There are some things I am afraid of: I am afraid to do a mean thing.

James A. Garfield quotes: Tortured for the Republic.

Tortured for the Republic.

James A. Garfield quotes: A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

James A. Garfield quotes: History is but the unrolled scroll of prophecy.

History is but the unrolled scroll of prophecy.

James A. Garfield quotes: Ideas control the world.

Ideas control the world.

James A. Garfield quotes: They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed.

They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed.

James A. Garfield quotes: Talleyrand once said to the first Napoleon that the United States is a giant without bones. Since that time our gristle has been rapidly hardening.

Talleyrand once said to the first Napoleon that the United States is a giant without bones. Since that time our gristle has been rapidly hardening.

James A. Garfield quotes: History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires.

History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires.

James A. Garfield quotes: Battles are never the end of war; for the dead must be buried and the cost of the conflict must be paid.

Battles are never the end of war; for the dead must be buried and the cost of the conflict must be paid.

James A. Garfield quotes: There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.

There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.

James A. Garfield quotes: Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

James A. Garfield quotes: I so despise a man who blows his own horn, that I go to the other extreme.

I so despise a man who blows his own horn, that I go to the other extreme.

James A. Garfield quotes: But for we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare ... are to be found portrayed in it.

But for we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare ... are to be found portrayed in it.

James A. Garfield quotes: Honesty is the best policy, says the familiar axiom; but people who are honest on that principle defraud no one but themselves.

Honesty is the best policy, says the familiar axiom; but people who are honest on that principle defraud no one but themselves.

James A. Garfield quotes: I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error.

I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error.

James A. Garfield quotes: If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.

If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.

James A. Garfield quotes: I must do something to keep my thoughts fresh and growing. I dread nothing so much as falling into a rut and feeling myself becoming a fossil.

I must do something to keep my thoughts fresh and growing. I dread nothing so much as falling into a rut and feeling myself becoming a fossil.

James A. Garfield quotes: My God! What is there in this place that a man should ever want to get into it?

My God! What is there in this place that a man should ever want to get into it?

James A. Garfield quotes: Suicide is not a remedy.

Suicide is not a remedy.

James A. Garfield quotes: It is a brave man ... who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

It is a brave man ... who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

James A. Garfield quotes: A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

James A. Garfield quotes: I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

James A. Garfield quotes: Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos.

Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos.

James A. Garfield quotes: When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate.

When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate.

James A. Garfield quotes: Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics.

Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics.

James A. Garfield quotes: [Science] is the literature of God written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character.

[Science] is the literature of God written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character.

James A. Garfield quotes: Coercion is the basis of every law in the universe,human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it.

Coercion is the basis of every law in the universe,
human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it.

James A. Garfield quotes: The people are responsible for the character of their Congress.

The people are responsible for the character of their Congress.

James A. Garfield quotes: True art is but the anti-type of nature; the embodiment of discovered beauty in utility.

True art is but the anti-type of nature; the embodiment of discovered beauty in utility.

James A. Garfield quotes: No man can make a speech alone. It is the great human power that strikes up from a thousand minds that acts upon him, and makes the speech.

No man can make a speech alone. It is the great human power that strikes up from a thousand minds that acts upon him, and makes the speech.

James A. Garfield quotes: Right reason is stronger than force.

Right reason is stronger than force.

James A. Garfield quotes: The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.

James A. Garfield quotes: I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.

James A. Garfield quotes: The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.

The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.

James A. Garfield quotes: God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!

God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!

James A. Garfield quotes: Swift defined observation to be an old man's memory.

Swift defined observation to be an old man's memory.

James A. Garfield quotes: I would rather believe something and suffer for it, than to slide along into success without opinions.

I would rather believe something and suffer for it, than to slide along into success without opinions.

James A. Garfield quotes: A noble life crowned with heroic death, rises above and outlives the pride and pomp and glory of the mightiest empire of the earth.

A noble life crowned with heroic death, rises above and outlives the pride and pomp and glory of the mightiest empire of the earth.

James A. Garfield quotes: Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.

Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.

James A. Garfield quotes: I believe in God, and I trust myself in His hands.

I believe in God, and I trust myself in His hands.

James A. Garfield quotes: I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

James A. Garfield quotes: The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.

James A. Garfield quotes: We should do nothing for revenge, but everything for security: nothing for the past; everything for the present and the future.

We should do nothing for revenge, but everything for security: nothing for the past; everything for the present and the future.

James A. Garfield quotes: Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

James A. Garfield quotes: The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen.

The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen.

James A. Garfield quotes: Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

James A. Garfield quotes: Emember that under our institutions there was no middle ground for the negro race between slavery and equal citizenship.

Emember that under our institutions there was no middle ground for the negro race between slavery and equal citizenship.

James A. Garfield quotes: He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.

James A. Garfield quotes: If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

James A. Garfield quotes: I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.

James A. Garfield quotes: In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands.

In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands.

James A. Garfield quotes: For mere vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge. But for security of the future I would do every thing.

For mere vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge. But for security of the future I would do every thing.

James A. Garfield quotes: I will not vote against the truths of the multiplication table.

I will not vote against the truths of the multiplication table.

James A. Garfield quotes: The return to solid values is always hard ... Distress, panic, and hard times have marked our pathway in returning to solid values.

The return to solid values is always hard ... Distress, panic, and hard times have marked our pathway in returning to solid values.

James A. Garfield quotes: I found a kind of party terrorism pervading and oppressing the minds of our best men.

I found a kind of party terrorism pervading and oppressing the minds of our best men.

James A. Garfield quotes: For the love of country they accepted death.

For the love of country they accepted death.

James A. Garfield quotes: The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

James A. Garfield quotes: If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our heart. The spirit should not grow old.

If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our heart. The spirit should not grow old.

James A. Garfield quotes: Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

James A. Garfield quotes: Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.

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 quotes: Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

James A. Garfield quotes: Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.