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

Quote by James A Garfield

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A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.

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.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible...

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible...

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

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...

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

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 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

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...

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

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

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the...

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the...

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a...

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a...

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

Suicide is not a remedy.

Suicide is not a remedy.

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.

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...

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I...

Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...