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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTHold 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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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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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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Let us have peace.
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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 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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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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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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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 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 propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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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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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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