Author: James A. Garfield

Quotes

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

- James A. Garfield

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.

- James A. Garfield

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.

- James A. Garfield

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

- James A. Garfield

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

- James A. Garfield

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

- James A. Garfield

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

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

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

- James A. Garfield

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

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

- James A. Garfield

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