Government Quotes by James A. Garfield

8 Government quotes by James A. Garfield

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James A. Garfield’s eight government quotes give a succinct glimpse of his presidential perspective. This brief collection serves as an easy entry point to his political thoughts.

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The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

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All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

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In my judgment it is the duty of Congress, while respecting to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every…

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In my judgment, while it is the duty of Congress to respect to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of…

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Statistical science is indispensable to modern statesmanship. In legislation as in physical science it is beginning to be understood that we can…

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It is not part of the functions of the national government to find employment for people and if we were to appropriate…

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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…

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God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!

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Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos.

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If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

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The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains…

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Coercion is the basis of every law in the universe,--human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it.

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There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of…

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..remember that under our institutions there was no middle ground for the negro race between slavery and equal citizenship.

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Whomsoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce and when you realize that the entire…

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“Jika kerut merut mesti tertera di dahi kita, biarlah mereka tidak tertera di hati kita. Jiwa kita jangan pernah menjadi tua.”

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The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.

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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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Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is…

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Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

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Battles are never the end of war; for the dead must be buried and the cost of the conflict must be paid.

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Men are tending to materialism. Houses, lands, and worldly goods attract their attention, and as a mirage lure them on to death. Christianity, on…

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“If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our heart. The spirit should not grow old.”

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