WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:34:58 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg multiplication – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Garfield, James A. -- “The Currency,” Speech, House of Representatives (15 May 1868) https://wist.info/garfield-james-a/43403/ https://wist.info/garfield-james-a/43403/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:50:48 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=43403 Resolutions cannot nullify the truths of the multiplication table.


James A. Garfield (1831–1881) US President (1881), lawyer, lay preacher, educator
“The Currency,” Speech, House of Representatives (15 May 1868)
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A favorite phrase of Garfield's regarding the dangers of inflation, e.g., "I will not vote against the truths of the multiplication table" (Letter to Harmon Austin (4 Feb 1874)). ]]> https://wist.info/garfield-james-a/43403/feed/ 0 43403