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.

Quote by James A Garfield

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Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

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

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen...

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen...

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

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

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really...

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really...

I am a poor hater.

I am a poor hater.

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

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

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

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...

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face...

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face...

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor...

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor...

Suicide is not a remedy.

Suicide is not a remedy.

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.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the...

You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the...

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions; this is the...

Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions; this is the...