They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed. — 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 have been pealing along down the centuries, and though there have been mingled the discords of warring cannon and dying men, yet to the Christian philosopher and historian - the humble listener - there has been… — James A. Garfield Copy Share
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 because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. . . . If the… — James A. Garfield Copy Share
Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
