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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTThe 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.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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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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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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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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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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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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Let us have peace.
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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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I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.
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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 propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of 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 know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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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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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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