All James A. Garfield Quotes
He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.
James A. Garfield
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There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.
James A. Garfield
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Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.
James A. Garfield
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The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
James A. Garfield
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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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If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.
James A. Garfield
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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
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I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.
James A. Garfield
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Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.
James A. Garfield
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Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.
James A. Garfield
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Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.
James A. Garfield
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