"The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law." — James A. Garfield

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.