Quote by James Garfield
Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its

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

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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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Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea. – John Gunther

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May I never wake up from the American dream. – Carrie Latet

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A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works. – Bill Vaughan

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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world. – Herman Melville

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