James A Garfield

James A Garfield: A university is...

James A Garfield: A university is...

A university is a student on one end of a pine log and Mark Hopkins [president of Williams College ] on the...

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James A Garfield: Things don't turn...

James A Garfield: Things don't turn...

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Source: In The...

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James A Garfield: Poverty is uncomfortable;...

James A Garfield: Poverty is uncomfortable;...

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed...

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James A Garfield: If the power...

James A Garfield: If the power...

If the power to do hard work is not talent, it is the best possible substitute for it.

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James A Garfield: A pound of...

James A Garfield: A pound of...

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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James A Garfield: I mean to...

James A Garfield: I mean to...

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.

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James A Garfield: All free governments...

James A Garfield: All free governments...

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

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James A Garfield: History is the...

James A Garfield: History is the...

History is the unrolled scroll of prophecy.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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James A Garfield: Suicide is not...

James A Garfield: Suicide is not...

Suicide is not a remedy.

Source: Inaugural address, 4 Mar 1881.
-- James A...

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James A Garfield: If wrinkles must...

James A Garfield: If wrinkles must...

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow...

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James A Garfield: [The President is]...

James A Garfield: [The President is]...

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

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James A Garfield: I am trying...

James A Garfield: I am trying...

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

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James A Garfield: Ideas are the...

James A Garfield: Ideas are the...

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

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James A Garfield: I have had...

James A Garfield: I have had...

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

Source: In The Ultimate...

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James A Garfield: Most human organizations...

James A Garfield: Most human organizations...

Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but...

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James A Garfield: Territory is but...

James A Garfield: Territory is but...

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

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James A Garfield: Right reason is...

James A Garfield: Right reason is...

Right reason is stronger than force.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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James A Garfield: Ideas control the...

James A Garfield: Ideas control the...

Ideas control the world.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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James A Garfield: Man cannot live...

James A Garfield: Man cannot live...

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.

Source: From a...

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James A Garfield: A law is...

James A Garfield: A law is...

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

Source: Attributed.
-- James A...

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