James Garfield

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    As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.
    —William James (1843–1916)

    The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
    —James A. Garfield (1831–1881)