The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.
- James A. Garfield
College, Other, Hopkins, Log
Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.
- James A. Garfield
Presidency, Obtain, Ever, Few Men
A law is not a law without coercion behind it.
- James A. Garfield
Law, Behind, Without, Coercion
Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.
- James A. Garfield
World, Behind, Idea, Warriors
Suicide is not a remedy.
- James A. Garfield
Suicide, Remedy
I am a poor hater.
- James A. Garfield
I Am, Poor, Am, Hater
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
Soul, Nation, Inhabit, Hills
I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.
- James A. Garfield
Love, Deal, I Love, Contests
The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
- James A. Garfield
Slavery, May, Which, Remission
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
Young, Happen, Nine, Tossed
I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.
- James A. Garfield
Myself, Mean, Else, Everything Else
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
- James A. Garfield
Luck, Chance, Ton, Pound
Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.
- James A. Garfield
Next, Which, Nor, Maintained
A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.
- James A. Garfield
Face, Devil, Tell, Brave Man
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, Spirit, Old, Brow
Right reason is stronger than force.
- James A. Garfield
Stronger, Reason, Than, Right Reason
The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.
- James A. Garfield
World, Think, Last, President
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
Small, Radical, Which, Dare
Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.
- James A. Garfield
Justice, Will, Goodwill, Outlast
Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.
- James A. Garfield
Funny, Alone, Bread, Peanut
The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
- James A. Garfield
Law, Never, Placed, Civil Service
Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.
- James A. Garfield
Crisis, Ever, Radicals, Accomplished
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.
- James A. Garfield
Work, Hard Work, Best, Skill
I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.
- James A. Garfield
My Life, Never, Came, Troubles
Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.
- James A. Garfield
Country, Controls, Volume, Master
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
- James A. Garfield
Free, Folly, Governments, Combined
There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.
- James A. Garfield
United, United States, Permanent
The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.
- James A. Garfield
Sunshine, Government, Chief, Duty
Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.
- James A. Garfield
World, Things, Until, Turns
The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.
- James A. Garfield
Truth, Will, Set, Miserable
He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.
- James A. Garfield
Money, Controls, Nation, Supply
If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.
- James A. Garfield
Small, Large, Too, Occupy
Ideas control the world.
- James A. Garfield
Ideas, Control, World, Imagination
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