No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
ULYSSES S. GRANTDeclare 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 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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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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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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I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
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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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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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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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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I know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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Let us have peace.
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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 have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
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