James A. Garfield Quotes About Ignorance

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  • Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption.

    Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2”, p.486, Best Books on
  • Statistics has been the handmaid of science, and has poured a flood of light upon the dark questions of famine and pestilence, ignorance and crime, disease and death.

    Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. (2 Volumes) Volume 1”, p.453, Best Books on
  • Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. . . . If the next centennial does not find us a great nation . . . it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.

  • I admitted, that the world had existed millions of years. I am astonished at the ignorance of the masses on these subjects. Hugh Miller has it right when he says that 'the battle of evidences must now be fought on the field of the natural sciences.'

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James A. Garfield

  • Born: November 19, 1831
  • Died: September 19, 1881
  • Occupation: 20th U.S. President