America’s 20th President, Republican James A Garfield, was assassinated in Elberon, New Jersey, at the age of 49, on September 19, in 1861. This was only six and a half months after his inauguration.

I name him an Indigenous Man Of The Anglosphere (IMOTA) for his powerful use of English.

Here are a few examples:

“All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.”

“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.”

“Things don’t turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.”

“Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.”

By popular education, I think Garfield meant the people, not remote, stupid governments.

This libertarianism is at the heart of America’s soul.

And it is what our world still needs.