James A. Garfield

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

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"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."

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"Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained."

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"Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained."

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

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"Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it."

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

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"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."

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"Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained."

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"Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained."

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

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"Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it."

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

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

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

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

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"Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality."

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"All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people."

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

"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."

"Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained."

"Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained."

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

"Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it."

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

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

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

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

"Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality."

"All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people."

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