I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
ULYSSES S. GRANT
If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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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 have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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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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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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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 know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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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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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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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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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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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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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