The best Quotes by James A. Garfield

The best Quotes by James A. Garfield

James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his assassination in September 1881.

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Ideas control the world.

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

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Suicide is not a remedy.

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

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A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

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Truth never wins, but its enemies cease to exist.

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Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty."

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Oh, we got bread. I can't eat you, but I'm gonna look at you!

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It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job - but I love my country more.

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You know, not only am I campaigning, but I'm running the world.

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For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

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When you fall, the real test is whether you can ignore the naysayers, pick yourself up and come back stronger.

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The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia. The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq...- I mean of Ukraine.

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We can't do everything, but we have to do, what we can do.

Bill Clinton

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Now there's no question China has been trying to crack down on the Internet. Good luck! That's sort of like trying to nail jello to the wall.

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We are not the sum of our possessions.

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Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

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Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

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Our Constitution works; our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

Gerald R. Ford

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.

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If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

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