Hold 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. 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.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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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 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 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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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 never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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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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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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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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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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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 know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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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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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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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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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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