Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
ULYSSES S. GRANTThe friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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Let us have 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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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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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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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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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 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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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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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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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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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I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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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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I know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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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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