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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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In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands.
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I have seen the sea lashed into fury and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man but I remember that it is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea from which all heights and depths are measured.
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There are times in the history of men and nations, when they stand so near the vale that separates mortals from the immortals, time from eternity, and men from their God, that they can almost hear the beatings, and feel the pulsations of the heart of the Infinite.
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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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Swift defined observation to be an old man's memory.
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The divorce between church and state should be absolute.
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Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis. Conservatives have their place in the piping times of peace but in emergencies only rugged issue men amount to much.
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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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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.
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Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics.
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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.
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Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.
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The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves.
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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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I believe in God, and I trust myself in His hands.
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[Science] is the literature of God written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character.
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