Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
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I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
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Let us have peace.
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I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.
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Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.
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I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.
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