Talleyrand once said to the first Napoleon that the United States is a giant without bones. Since that time our gristle has been rapidly hardening.
James A. GarfieldThe best system of education is that which draws its chief support from the voluntary effort of the community, from the individual efforts of citizens, and from those burdens of taxation which they voluntarily impose upon themselves.
James A. GarfieldWhen the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate.
James A. GarfieldA noble life crowned with heroic death, rises above and outlives the pride and pomp and glory of the mightiest empire of the earth.
James A. Garfield