~ James Garfield, 20th U.S. president

James Garfield
1881

James Garfield on poverty and adversity

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.

~ James Garfield

James Garfield
1922-1925

James Garfield on the church and taxation

The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state or in the nation, should be exempt from equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization, to that extent you impose a tax upon the whole community.

~ James Garfield

James Garfield on money supply and the business cycle

Whoever controls the volume of money in our country is absolute master of all industry and commerce...when you realize that the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not have to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate.

~ James Garfield

James Garfield
1902-1903

James Garfield on truth and error

I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error.

~ James Garfield

James Garfield
1898

James Garfield on truth

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

~ James Garfield

James Garfield
1894