There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI 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.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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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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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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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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 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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Let us have peace.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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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 never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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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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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 know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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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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