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20th U.S. President

James A. Garfield was the 20th President of the United States, serving from 1881. His presidency was marked by efforts to reform the railroad and postal systems and to balance the relationship between the federal government and the states. Unfortunately, he was assassinated while in office, becoming the first U.S. president to be assassinated.

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

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Book:The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2

Source: The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2

“There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of kindness or courage or loyalty or integrity. It really matters very little whether they are behind the wheel of a truck or running a business or bringing up a family. The teach the truth by living it.”

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“The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains have been pealing along down the centuries, and though there have been mingled the discords of warring cannon and dying men, yet to the Christian philosopher and historian - the humble listener - there has been a Divine melody running through the song which speaks of hope and halcyon days to come.”

“Ideas control the world.”

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

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“I admitted, that the world had existed millions of years. I am astonished at the ignorance of the masses on these subjects. Hugh Miller has it right when he says that 'the battle of evidences must now be fought on the field of the natural sciences.'”

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“The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.”

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“Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos.”

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Book:The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 1

Source: The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 1

About the Author

Born: November 19, 1831
Died: September 19, 1881
Known for: 20th U.S. President
Quotes: 123

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