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

Quote by James A Garfield

Topics: Presidency Quotes

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student...

The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student...

Ideas control the world.

Ideas control the world.

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall...

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall...

Suicide is not a remedy.

Suicide is not a remedy.

There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.

There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.

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...

If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small...

If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small...

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.

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

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

Right reason is stronger than force.

Right reason is stronger than force.

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the...

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the...

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

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

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.