James A. GarfieldThinkers

History is bnt the unrolled scroll of prophecy.

History is constantly repeating itself, making only such changes of programme as the growth of nations and centuries requires.

A Law is not a law without coercion behind it.

Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.

Light is a great corrective. A thousand wrongs and abuses that are grown in darkness disappear, like owls and bats, before the light of day.

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.

Suicide is not a remedy.

Truth is difficult to handle — the truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.