Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.
James A. GarfieldTerritory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.
James A. GarfieldI love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error.
James A. GarfieldI have seen the sea lashed into fury and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man; but I remember that it is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea from which all heights and depths are measured.
James A. GarfieldCoercion is the basis of every law in the universe,--human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it.
James A. GarfieldThere are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of kindness or courage or loyalty or integrity. It really matters very little whether they are behind the wheel of a truck or running a business or bringing up a family. The teach the truth by living it.
James A. Garfield