James A. Garfield

I am receiving what I suppose to be the usual number of threatening letters on the subject. Assassination can be no more guarded against than death by lightning; it is best not to worry about either.

James A. Garfield, as quoted in Garfield of Ohio: The Available Man (1970) by John M. Tyler. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was shot on July 2, 1881, and died of the wound and iatrogenic interventions on September 19 of that year.