It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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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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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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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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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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 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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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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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 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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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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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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In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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