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Presidential Quotes by James A. Garfield
- I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.
- 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…
- In my judgment, while it is the duty of Congress to respect to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen ...…
- To all our means of culture is added the powerful incentive to personal ambition, no post of honor is so high but the poorest may…
- When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate.
- If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.
- The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state or…
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