The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state or in the nation, should be exempt from equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization, to that extent you impose a tax upon the whole community.
James A. GarfieldBut for we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare... are to be found portrayed in it.
James A. GarfieldLight itself is a great corrective. A thousand wrongs and abuses that are grown in darkness disappear, like owls and bats, before the light of day.
James A. GarfieldThe chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.
James A. Garfield