There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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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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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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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 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 no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
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Let us have peace.
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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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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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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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 nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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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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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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