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. GRANTThere never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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Let us have peace.
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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 never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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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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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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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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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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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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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 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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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
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