Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.
James A. GarfieldThe chief instrument of American statistics is the census, which should accomplish a two-fold object. It should serve the country by making a full and accurate exhibit of the elements of national life and strength, and it should serve the science of statistics by so exhibiting general results that they may be compared with similar data obtained by other nations.
James A. GarfieldWhoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.
James A. GarfieldFew men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain 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