The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
James A. GarfieldWe can not overestimate the fervent love of liberty, the intelligent courage, and the sum of common sense with which our fathers made the great experiment of self-government.
James A. GarfieldYou and I are now nearly in middle age, and have not yet become soured and shrivelled with the wear and tear of life. Let us pray to be delivered from that condition where life and nature have no fresh, sweet sensations for us.
James A. GarfieldGreat ideas travel slowly, and for a time noiselessly, as the gods whose feet were shod with wool.
James A. Garfield