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• I am receiving what I suppose to be the usual number of threatening letters on the subject. Assassination can be no more guarded against than death by lightning; it is best not to worry about either.

  James A. Garfield

  Numbers, Worry, Receiving

  "Garfield of Ohio : The Available Man". Book by John M. Tyler, 1970.

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• In the minds of most men, the kingdom of opinion is divided into three territories,--the territory of yes, the territory of no, and a broad, unexplored middle ground of doubt.

  James A. Garfield

  Men, Doubt, Mind

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• I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

  James A. Garfield

  Patriotic, Two, Political

  Letter to Burke Aaron Hinsdale on January 01, 1867. "The Life of Gen. James A. Garfield". Book by Jonas Mills Bundy, p. 77, 1880.

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• [I]t would be unjust to our people and dangerous to our institutions to apply any portion of revenues of the nation or of the States to the support of sectarian schools.

  James A. Garfield

  School, People, Support

  Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2”, p.783, Best Books on

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• It would convert the Treasury of the United States into a manufactory of paper money. It makes the House of Representatives and the Senate, or the caucus of the party which happens to be in the majority, the absolute dictator of the financial and business affairs of this country. This scheme surpasses all the centralism and all the Caesarism that were ever charged upon the Republican party in the wildest days of the war or in the events growing out of the war.

  James A. Garfield

  Country, War, Party

  "Financial Catechism and History of the Financial Legislation of the United States from 1862-1896". Book by S. M. Brice, Cuthbert Vincent, 1882.

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• I found a kind of party terrorism pervading and oppressing the minds of our best men.

  James A. Garfield

  Party, Men, Mind

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• Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.

  James A. Garfield

  Patriotic, People, Soul

  Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2”, p.50, Best Books on

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• History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires.

  James A. Garfield

  History, Growth, Century

  Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. (2 Volumes) Volume 1”, p.23, Best Books on

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• I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

  James A. Garfield

  Men, Events, Doctrine

  Diary entry, March 14, 1881.

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• Individuals may wear for a time the glory of our institutions, but they carry it not to the grave with them. Like raindrops from heaven, they may pass through the circle of the shining bow and add to its luster; but when they have sunk in the earth again, the proud arch still spans the sky and shines gloriously on.

  James A. Garfield

  Sky, Circles, Shining

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• The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen.

  James A. Garfield

  Citizens, Judgment, American Citizens

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• 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 a Divine melody running through the song which speaks of hope and halcyon days to come.

  James A. Garfield

  Christian, Running, Song

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.

  James A. Garfield

  Thinking, People, Political

  "Garfield of Ohio : The Available Man". Book by John M. Tyler, 1970.

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• For love of country, they accepted death.

  James A. Garfield

  Country, Memorial Day, Memorial

  "The works of James Abram Garfield". Volume 1,

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• 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

  Law, Coercion, Divine

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• Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis. Conservatives have their place in the piping times of peace; but in emergencies only rugged issue men amount to much.

  James A. Garfield

  Men, Issues, Emergencies

  "The Diary of James A. Garfield: 1875-1877". Book by James Abram Garfield, 1983.

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• For mere vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge. But for security of the future I would do every thing.

  James A. Garfield

  Revenge, Looks, Vengeance

  Speech in New York City on April 15, 1865. "The Life and Work of James A. Garfield". Book by John Clark Ridpath, p. 194, 1882.

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• Suicide is not a remedy

  James A. Garfield

  Suicide, Remedy

  Inaugural address, 4 March (1881)

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• Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

  James A. Garfield

  Passion, Justice, Outlasting

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• The best system of education is that which draws its chief support from the voluntary effort of the community, from the individual efforts of citizens, and from those burdens of taxation which they voluntarily impose upon themselves.

  James A. Garfield

  Education, Individual Effort, Support

  Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. (2 Volumes) Volume 2”, p.25, Best Books on

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• Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

  James A. Garfield

  Men, Planning, Presidency

  Diary entry, February 04, 1879.

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• In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands.

  James A. Garfield

  Struggle, Long, Church

  Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2”, p.576, Best Books on

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• Heroes did not make our liberties; they but reflected and illustrated them.

  James A. Garfield

  Hero, Liberty, Heroism

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• There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.

  James A. Garfield

  United States, States, United

  Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. (2 Volumes) Volume 2”, p.790, Best Books on

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• But for we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare... are to be found portrayed in it.

  James A. Garfield

  Men, Welfare, Found

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