It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
ULYSSES S. GRANTNo other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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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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I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of 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 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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Let us have peace.
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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 propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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