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God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!
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
Lawyer
Military Officer
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Statesperson
James Abram Garfield
James Garfield
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History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires.
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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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History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning its two eyes are geography and chronology.
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I believe in God, and I trust myself in His hands.
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For love of country, they accepted death.
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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 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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The divorce between church and state should be absolute.
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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.
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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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The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
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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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We are apt to be deluded into false security by political catch-words, devised to flatter rather than instruct.
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I would rather believe something and suffer for it, than to slide along into success without opinions.
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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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