I know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI 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.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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Let us have peace.
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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 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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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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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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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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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 have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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