James A. Garfield - The sin of slavery is one

• Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.
• The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.
• The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.
• The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.
• The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.
• The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
• The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

                                                                                                                                                                                           James A. Garfield