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James A. Garfield

James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year. Garfield had served nine terms in the House of Representatives, and had been elected to the Senate before his candidacy for the White House, though he declined the Senate seat once he was elected president. He is the only sitting House member to be elected president.

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History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology.

Philosophy, Teaching, Eye, Example, Geography

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

Let, Life, Love, Motivational, Old, Wrinkles

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

Education, Justice, Maintained, Teacher, Teaching

Heroes did not make our liberties; they but reflected and illustrated them.

Hero, Heroism, Illustrated, Liberties, Liberty, Make

[Science] is the literature of God written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character.

Character, Literature, Science, Stars, Written

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Inspirational, Effort, World, Somebody, Turn

We can not overestimate the fervent love of liberty, the intelligent courage, and the sum of common sense with which our fathers made the great experiment of self-government.

Father, Intelligent, Government, Fervent, Overestimate, Common

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.

Bloody, Fate, Jewels, Manhood, Nation, War

[I]t would be unjust to our people and dangerous to our institutions to apply any portion of revenues of the nation or of the States to the support of sectarian schools.

People, Portion, Revenues, School, Schools, Support

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.

Death, Numbers, Receiving, Subject, Suppose, Worry

When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate.

Congressional, Election, Legislate, Presidential, Shadow

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

Doctrine, Events, Greatly, Love, Men

The prosperity which now prevails is without parallel in our history. Fruitful seasons have done much to secure it, but they have not done all. The preservation of the public credit and the resumption of specie payments, so successfully attained by the Administration of my predecessors, have enabled our people to secure the blessings which the seasons brought.

Blessing, Brought, Money, People, Predecessors, Preservation

But for we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare. . . are to be found portrayed in it.

Found, Men, Portrayed, Things, Welfare, Wrong

Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests.

Brotherhood, Common, Dependence, Interests, Links

It is not right or manly to lie even about Satan.

Lie, Lying, Manly, Right, Satan

I have seen the sea lashed into fury and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man; but I remember that it is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea from which all heights and depths are measured.

Calm, Men, Moving, Science, Soul, Tossed

The separation of Church and State in everything relating to taxation should be absolute.

Atheism, Church, Everything, Separation, Taxation

The people are responsible for the character of their Congress.

Character, People, Voting, Responsible, Congress

The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state or in the nation, should be exempt from equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization, to that extent you impose a tax upon the whole community.

Church, Community, Divorce, Extent, Organization

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