If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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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 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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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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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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I know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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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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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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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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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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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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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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.
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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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