James A. Garfield Quotes About Duty

Quotes about: Duty

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

  James A. Garfield

  Sunshine, Government, People

  "Garfield: A Biography". Book by Allen Peskin, 1978.

• It is the high privilege and sacred duty of those now living to educate their successors and fit them, by intelligence and virtue, for the inheritance which awaits them.

  James A. Garfield

  Inheritance, Sacred, Privilege

  Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. (2 Volumes) Volume 2”, p.792, Best Books on

• In my judgment it is the duty of Congress, while respecting to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen, to prohibit within its jurisdiction all criminal practices ... Nor can any ecclesiastical organization be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the National Government.

  James A. Garfield

  Religious, Government, Organization

  "Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States".

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