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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTNations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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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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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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 only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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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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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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I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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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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Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
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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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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
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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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