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List of James A. Garfield Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 120 inspiring quotes by James A. Garfield.

About James A. Garfield

  • Born: November 19, 1831
  • Died: September 19, 1881
  • Occupation: 20th U.S. President
    • In my judgment it is the duty of congress, while respecting to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen, to prohibit within its jurisdiction all criminal practices ... nor can any ecclesiastical organization be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the national government.
    Religious Government Organization
    The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
    Hippie Law Bases
    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.
    Moving Science Men
    The ideal college is mark hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.
    College Students Ends
    The divorce between church and state should be absolute.
    Divorce Church States
    To all our means of culture is added the powerful incentive to personal ambition, no post of honor is so high but the poorest may hope to reach it.
    Powerful Ambition Mean
    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.
    War Fate Jewels
    [science] is the literature of god written on the stars-the trees-the rocks-and more important because [of] its marked utilitarian character.
    Stars Character Science
    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.
    Money Blessing People
    Tortured for the republic.
    Republic Last Words
    True art is but the anti-type of nature; the embodiment of discovered beauty in utility.
    Art Embodiment Type
    They grow stiff in the joints. they get in a rut. they go to seed.
    Patriotic Joints Ruts
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