Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

Quote by James A Garfield

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Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and...

Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and...

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea...

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea...

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

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

Suicide is not a remedy.

Suicide is not a remedy.

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation

I am a poor hater.

I am a poor hater.

Right reason is stronger than force.

Right reason is stronger than force.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

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

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

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the...

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

Suicide is not a remedy.

Suicide is not a remedy.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

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

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

When you make more than $500 a night, you get more than $500 problems.

When you make more than $500 a night, you get more than $500 problems.

Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves.

Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves.