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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.
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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.
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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.
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The best system of education is that which draws its chief support from the voluntary effort of the community, from the individual efforts of citizens, and from those burdens of taxation which they voluntarily impose upon themselves.
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In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands.
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Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics.
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Talleyrand once said to the first Napoleon that the United States is a giant without bones. Since that time our gristle has been rapidly hardening.
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There are times in the history of men and nations, when they stand so near the vale that separates mortals from the immortals, time from eternity, and men from their God, that they can almost hear the beatings, and feel the pulsations of the heart of the Infinite.
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We are apt to be deluded into false security by political catch-words, devised to flatter rather than instruct.
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A noble life crowned with heroic death, rises above and outlives the pride and pomp and glory of the mightiest empire of the earth.
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James A. Garfield
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Born:
November 19, 1831
Died:
September 19, 1881
(aged 49)
Bio:
James Abram Garfield was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year.
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