Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home. James A. Garfield More Quotes by James A. Garfield More Quotes From 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 slaverymayblood I believe in God, and I trust myself in His hands. James A. Garfield trustbelievehands He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation. James A. Garfield nationsmoney Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality. James A. Garfield brutalitywarideas Right reason is stronger than force. James A. Garfield strongerforcereason The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves. James A. Garfield lessonsactorshistory I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came. James A. Garfield presidentialanticipationtrouble It is the high privilege and sacred duty of those now living to educate their successors and fit them, by intelligence and virtue, for the inheritance which awaits them. James A. Garfield inheritancesacredprivilege 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 motivationallovelife Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but because of internal decay and rigidification. James A. Garfield patrioticorganizationfall The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains have been pealing along down the centuries, and though there have been mingled the discords of warring cannon and dying men, yet to the Christian philosopher and historian - the humble listener - there has been a Divine melody running through the song which speaks of hope and halcyon days to come. James A. Garfield christianrunningsong We are apt to be deluded into false security by political catch-words, devised to flatter rather than instruct. James A. Garfield deludedsecuritypolitical The people are responsible for the character of their Congress. James A. Garfield votingcharacterpeople Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up. James A. Garfield effortinspirationalworld Wherever a ship ploughs the sea, or a plough furrows the field; wherever a mine yields its treasure; wherever a ship or a railroad train carries freight to market; wherever the smoke of the furnace rises, or the clang of the loom resounds; even in the lonely garret where the seamstress plies her busy needle--there is industry. James A. Garfield yieldlonelysea Individuals may wear for a time the glory of our institutions, but they carry it not to the grave with them. Like raindrops from heaven, they may pass through the circle of the shining bow and add to its luster; but when they have sunk in the earth again, the proud arch still spans the sky and shines gloriously on. James A. Garfield circlesshiningsky I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else. James A. Garfield succeedmenmean For love of country, they accepted death. James A. Garfield memorial-daymemorialcountry The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions. James A. Garfield riskmenlife If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it. James A. Garfield ifsinspirational
