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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTLabor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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Let us have peace.
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I 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.
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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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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 propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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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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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In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
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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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I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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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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