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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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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 know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
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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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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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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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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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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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 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 have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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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 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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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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