The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
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. 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. Garfield