It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI 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.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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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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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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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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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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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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 have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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Let us have peace.
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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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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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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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 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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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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