If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
ULYSSES S. GRANTNations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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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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Let us have peace.
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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 know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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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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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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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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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.
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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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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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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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