The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word.… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt,… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
[I]t would be unjust to our people and dangerous to our institutions to apply any portion of revenues of the nation or… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
A nation is not worthy to be saved if, in the hour of its fate, it will not gather up all its… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
For mere vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge. But for security of the… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
There are times in the history of men and nations, when they stand so near the vale that separates mortals from the… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
The chief instrument of American statistics is the census, which should accomplish a two-fold object. It should serve the country by making… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
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… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Coercion is the basis of every law in the universe,--human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
..remember that under our institutions there was no middle ground for the negro race between slavery and equal citizenship. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Whomsoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce and when you realize that the entire… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
“Jika kerut merut mesti tertera di dahi kita, biarlah mereka tidak tertera di hati kita. Jiwa kita jangan pernah menjadi tua.” — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image