Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
ULYSSES S. GRANTHold 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.
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I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet.
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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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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 made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don’t see how I can ever trust any human being again.
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Let us have peace.
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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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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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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In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
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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 you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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Declare Church and State forever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres, and that all church property shall bear its own proportion of taxation.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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