James A. Garfield Quotes

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

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

Statistical science is indispensable to modern statesmanship. In legislation as in physical science it is beginning to be understood that we can control terrestrial forces only by obeying their laws. The legislator must formulate in his statutes not only the national will, but also those great laws of social life revealed by statistics.

Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.

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.

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

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

The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen.

In the minds of most men, the kingdom of opinion is divided into three territories,–the territory of yes, the territory of no, and a broad, unexplored middle ground of doubt.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.