James A. Garfield

If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our heart. The spirit should not grow old. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#inspirational

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

#respecting-others #attitude

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

— James A. Garfield

#money #nation #supply #who

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#anything #crisis #ever #great #nobody

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#last #people #person #president #really

I am a poor hater. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#hater #i #i am #poor

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#bread #butter #cannot #live #man

Ideas control the world. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#ideas #world

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#compelled #happen #man #nine #out

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

— James A. Garfield

#civil #civil service #law #never #placed