In The Great And Deep Qualities Of

There Is A Great Deal Of Strength In Garfield's Life And Struggles As A Self-made Man.... From Poverty And Obscurity, By Labor At All Avocations, He Became A Great Scholar, A Statesman, A Major General, A Senator, A Presidential Candidate.... The Truth Is, No Man Ever Started So Low That Accomplished So Much In All Our History. Not Franklin Or Lincoln Even.

No Officer Should Be Required Or Permitted To Take Part In The Management Of Political Organizations, Caucuses, Conventions, Or Election Campaigns. Their Right To Vote And To Express Their Views On Public Questions, Either Orally Or Through The Press, Is Not Denied, Provided It Does Not Interfere With The Discharge Of Their Official Duties. No Assessment For Political Purposes On Officers Or Subordinates Should Be Allowed.

The Unrestricted Competition So Commonly Advocated Does Not Leave Us The Survival Of The Fittest. The Unscrupulous Succeed Best In Accumulating Wealth.

I Am Not Liked As A President By The Politicians In Office, In The Press, Or In Congress. But I Am Content To Abide The Judgment - The Sober Second Thought - Of The People.

Nothing Brings Out The Lower Traits Of Human Nature Like Office-seeking. Men Of Good Character And Impulses Are Betrayed By It Into All Sorts Of Meanness.