Individuals may wear for a time the glory of our institutions, but they carry it not to the grave with them. Like raindrops from heaven, they may pass through the circle of the shining bow and add to its luster; but when they have sunk in the earth again, the proud arch still spans the sky and shines gloriously on.
James A. Garfield[I]t would be unjust to our people and dangerous to our institutions to apply any portion of revenues of the nation or of the States to the support of sectarian schools.
James A. GarfieldThe sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
James A. GarfieldI mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.
James A. Garfield