"If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it’s the best possible substitute for it." ― James A. Garfield Topic(s): Power More From James A. Garfield "The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people." "All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people." "Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained." More In Power "Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it."― Sam Ewing "Power ought to serve as a check to power."― Charles de Secondat "And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly."― Paul Ryan