4 James A. Garfield Quotes on Power

James A. Garfield quotes on power

17. 'Whosoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.... And when you realize the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not have to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate.

46. Ideas control the world.

51. The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a contempt for mere external show.

52. The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.