145 Quotes by James A. Garfield

Heroes did not make our liberties; they but reflected and illustrated them.

In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands.

Individuals may wear for a time the glory of our institutions, but they carry it not to the grave with them. Like raindrops from heaven, they may pass through the circle of the shining bow and add to its luster; but when they have sunk in the earth again, the proud arch still spans the sky and shines gloriously on.

At present, the most valuable gift which can be bestowed upon women is something to do which they can do well and worthily, and thereby maintain themselves.

Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.

The separation of Church and State in everything relating to taxation should be absolute.

It is not part of the functions of the national government to find employment for people and if we were to appropriate a hundred millions for this purpose, we should be taxing forty millions of people to keep a few thousand employed.

I found a kind of party terrorism pervading and oppressing the minds of our best men.

My God! What is there in this place that a man should ever want to get into it?