The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
ULYSSES S. GRANTLet us have peace.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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 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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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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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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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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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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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 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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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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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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