I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
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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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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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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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 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 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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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 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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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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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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Let us have peace.
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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 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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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 propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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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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