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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTIt was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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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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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 know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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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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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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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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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
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Let us have peace.
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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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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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