Quotes by James A. Garfield

About James A. Garfield:

James Abram Garfield is the only sitting House member to be elected president.
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A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

James A. Garfield

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

James A. Garfield

I am a poor hater.

James A. Garfield

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

James A. Garfield

Right reason is stronger than force.

James A. Garfield

There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.

James A. Garfield

The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.

James A. Garfield

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

James A. Garfield

I never meet a ragged boy in the street without feeling that i may owe him a salute, for I know not what possibilities may be buttoned up under his coat.

James A. Garfield

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

James A. Garfield

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

James A. Garfield

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.

James A. Garfield

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

James A. Garfield

Author Bio

  • NameJames A. Garfield
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, 20th president of the United States (in office in 1881)
  • AliasesJames Abram Garfield
  • BornNovember 19, 1831
  • DiedSeptember 19, 1881
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Officer; Lawyer