My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
ULYSSES S. GRANTThe friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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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 know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
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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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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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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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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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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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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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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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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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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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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