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.
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.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of 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 men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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 have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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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 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 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 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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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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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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