James A. Garfield Quotes
For mere revenge I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge. But for the security of the future I would do everything.
James A. Garfield, 1831-1881, 20th President of the United States (Republican, OH), Speech, New York City, April 15, 1865, after Lincoln's assassination
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He was discussing the genetic atrocities, genocide and ethnic cleansing, and the murdering of scientists that had been justified by governments for national security reasons especially the murder of Russian geneticists by Stalin in Russia.
The bipartisan Presidential Commission had unanimously made 41 recommendations to prevent future terrorist attacks. While the Bush Administration and Congress implemented a few many of the more critical ones were left unaddressed. The commission on its final day issued a report card giving failing grades to both the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress.
She told constituents that she would try and implement some gun control measures. She, later in her career explained to critics of Congressional inaction via gun control--see {640804}.
This is a very important quotation in that there are some who believed—then and now—narrowly that self defense is limited to responding to only physical attacks on the United States per se. Kellogg made it clear that it includes attacks on the United States and any of its possessions. Most important it allows response to any “danger” to the United States. By this definition, for example, if Saddam had been developing weapons of mass destruction in the Iraq war, the pre-emptive attack would have been self-defense. Since the claim of weapons development was bogus, it was not self defense. The key variable a reasonable danger. Nations determine that by what others do and say. In 2011, if Iran were developing nuclear weapons the U. S. could attack as an act of self defense because the Iranian highest level officials have called for “death to the United States”. When they just had the intention to harm us, there was no danger. But when they add the means to harm us to the intention, that is a danger. Likewise other nations may act in self defense if a potential enemy threatens to endanger them and has the means to carry out the threats or desires.
They are supplemented by contractor building guards and security officers who have minimal training, no law enforcement authority.
Quote often cited by gun enthusiasts as a Biblical urging to be armed for self-protection and protection of the home. Likewise they argue that gun control is not only bad policy but against the will of God.
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.
