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James A. Garfield Quote

“I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came.”

— James A. Garfield

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There are times in the history of men and nations, when they stand so near the vail that separates mortals from the immortals, time from eternity, and men from their God, that they can almost hear the beatings, and feel the pulsations, of the heart of the Infinite.

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

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If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

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Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

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