The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen. James A. Garfield More Quotes by James A. Garfield More Quotes From James A. Garfield Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life. James A. Garfield patrioticsoulpeople At present, the most valuable gift which can be bestowed upon women is something to do which they can do well and worthily, and thereby maintain themselves. James A. Garfield employmentvaluablewells But 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. Garfield welfarefoundmen I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike. James A. Garfield doctrineeventsmen No man can make a speech alone. It is the great human power that strikes up from a thousand minds that acts upon him, and makes the speech. James A. Garfield speechmindmen A law is not a law without coercion behind it. James A. Garfield intriguingcoercionlaw In the minds of most men, the kingdom of opinion is divided into three territories,--the territory of yes, the territory of no, and a broad, unexplored middle ground of doubt. James A. Garfield doubtmindmen I am receiving what I suppose to be the usual number of threatening letters on the subject. Assassination can be no more guarded against than death by lightning; it is best not to worry about either. James A. Garfield receivingworrynumbers Statistics has been the handmaid of science, and has poured a flood of light upon the dark questions of famine and pestilence, ignorance and crime, disease and death. James A. Garfield lightignorancedark A nation is not worthy to be saved if, in the hour of its fate, it will not gather up all its jewels of manhood and life, and go down into the conflict however bloody and doubtful, resolved on measureless ruin or complete success. James A. Garfield fatejewelswar [Science] is the literature of God written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character. James A. Garfield starscharacterscience Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics. James A. Garfield doctrinemaybelieve History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology. James A. Garfield eyeteachingphilosophy The refunding of the national debt at a lower rate of interest should be accomplished without compelling the withdrawal of the national-bank notes, and thus disturbing the business of the country. James A. Garfield withdrawalmoneycountry It is not right or manly to lie even about Satan. James A. Garfield manlysatanlying [It is possible] that the race of red men ... will, before many generations, be remembered only as a strange, weird, dream-like specter, which has passed once before the eyes of men, but had departed forever. James A. Garfield eyedreammen Honesty is the best policy, says the familiar axiom; but people who are honest on that principle defraud no one but themselves. James A. Garfield honestyprinciplespeople Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis. Conservatives have their place in the piping times of peace; but in emergencies only rugged issue men amount to much. James A. Garfield emergenciesissuesmen Monuments may be builded to express the affection or pride of friends, or to display their wealth, but they are only valuable for the characters which they perpetuate. James A. Garfield pridemaycharacter Real political issues cannot be manufactured by the leaders of political parties, and real ones cannot be evaded by political parties. The real political issues of the day declare themselves, and come out of the depths of that deep which we call public opinion. James A. Garfield issuespartyreal
