Author: James A. Garfield

Quotes

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

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

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

- James A. Garfield

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

- 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

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

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

- 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

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

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