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Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.
James A. Garfield
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James A. Garfield
Age: 49 †
Born: 1831
Born: November 19
Died: 1881
Died: September 19
20Th U.S. President
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James Abram Garfield
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Whoever controls the volume of money in our country is absolute master of all industry and commerce...when you realize that the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not have to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate.
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Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.
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Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.
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