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. GRANTThe friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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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 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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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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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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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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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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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 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 know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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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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Let us have peace.
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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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