The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
In my judgment, while it is the duty of Congress to respect to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Real political issues cannot be manufactured by the leaders of political parties, and real ones cannot be evaded by political parties. The… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
It is not part of the functions of the national government to find employment for people and if we were to appropriate… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error. — 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
