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The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions. – James Garfield

Other quotes by James Garfield

Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but because of internal decay and rigidification. They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed. – James Garfield

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Defeat
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James Garfield
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Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life. – James Garfield

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USA Patriotic
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James Garfield
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Commitment
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The difference between involvement and commitment is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was involved – the pig was committed. – Anon.

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Commitment

We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I look upon as a mere crowd…from whom there is nothing to be expected but fleeting emotions. – Sarah Bernhardt

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Commitment

I like villains because theres something so attractive about a committed person — they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. Theyre motivated. – Russell Crowe

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Commitment

Drink nothing with out seeing it; sign nothing without reading it. – Proverb

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My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too. – Peter De Vries

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The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was. – Thomas Carlyle

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Easy DOESNT do it. – Al Bernstein

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I always think of the live show first, where the song is gonna go in the show. Thats why they arent sad songs. When I play, I want to make people happy, not sad. Its such a pleasure for me to do what I do, and I want other people to feel some form of that pleasure, too. – Jason Mraz

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sad