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Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.
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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We can not overestimate the fervent love of liberty, the intelligent courage, and the sum of common sense with which our fathers made the great experiment of self-government.
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I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.
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Right reason is stronger than force.
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The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen.
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A nation is not worthy to be saved if, in the hour of its fate, it will not gather up all its jewels of manhood and life, and go down into the conflict however bloody and doubtful, resolved on measureless ruin or complete success.
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Suicide is not a remedy
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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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Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.
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I am receiving what I suppose to be the usual number of threatening letters on the subject. Assassination can be no more guarded against than death by lightning it is best not to worry about either.
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A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.
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For love of country, they accepted death.
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There are some things I am afraid of: I am afraid to do a mean thing.
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The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
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Power exhibits itself under two distinct forms,--strength and force,--each possessing peculiar qualities, and each perfect in its own sphere. Strength is typified by the oak, the rock, the mountain. Force embodies itself in the cataract, the tempest, and the thunder-bolt.
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At present, the most valuable gift which can be bestowed upon women is something to do which they can do well and worthily, and thereby maintain themselves.
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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.
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I admitted, that the world had existed millions of years. I am astonished at the ignorance of the masses on these subjects. Hugh Miller has it right when he says that 'the battle of evidences must now be fought on the field of the natural sciences.'
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If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.
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The worst days of darkness through which I have ever passed have been greatly alleviated by throwing myself with all my energy into some work relating to others.
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Honesty is the best policy, says the familiar axiom but people who are honest on that principle defraud no one but themselves.
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