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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTEveryone 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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTNo other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
ULYSSES S. GRANTThere never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
ULYSSES S. GRANTNations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTIf men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI 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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTLeave 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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI 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. GRANTLet us have peace.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI 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. GRANTI know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
ULYSSES S. GRANTDeclare 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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