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. GRANTIt was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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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 have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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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 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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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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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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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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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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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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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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Let us have peace.
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