James A. Garfield Quotes
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
James A. Garfield, 1831-1881, 20th President of the United States (Republican, OH), 1880
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Some people think that this quotation was partially copied from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. However, he gave this speech more than a decade earlier. Lincoln might have been familiar with it. His statue is in the U. S. Capitol.
Declaration of Humanity. Printed in Japanese Newspapers. Contrast this with the previous Japanese political leadership tradition as {43746}
This constitution, 13 years later, became the basis for the national Batavian Constitution.
James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March to September 1881. Garfield was shot by an assassin four months into his presidency and died two months later. He is the only sitting member of the United States House of Representatives to be elected to the presidency.
