James A. Garfield

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

— James A. Garfield

#folly #free #governments #managed #people

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

#grow #heart #must #never #old

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

#hills #inhabit #life #nation #people

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#brutality #great #idea #ideas #no idea

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#justice #outlast #passion #will

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#duty #government #keep #out #peace

A law is not a law without coercion behind it. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#coercion #law #without

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

— James A. Garfield

#free #make #miserable #set #truth

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#few #few men #history #men #obtain

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#dare #difficulty #fool #i #i am