"All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people."
― James A. Garfield
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Wisdom
― James A. Garfield
More From James A. Garfield
- "Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality."
- "If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it’s the best possible substitute for it."
- "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."
More In Wisdom
- "In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause."― George Eliot
- "Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain’t lawful tender for a loaf of bread."― Josh Billings
- "America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure."― Toby Young