About James A. Garfield:
James Abram Garfield is the only sitting House member to be elected president.
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.
James A. GarfieldThe chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.
James A. GarfieldFew men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.
James A. GarfieldI love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.
James A. GarfieldThe President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.
James A. GarfieldI mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.
James A. GarfieldThe civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
James A. Garfield