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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
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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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All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
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Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.
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