My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
ULYSSES S. GRANTMy failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
ULYSSES S. GRANTNo other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
ULYSSES S. GRANTThe friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
ULYSSES S. GRANTNations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
ULYSSES S. GRANTLeave 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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTDeclare 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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI 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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTIf you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTThere never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
ULYSSES S. GRANTIt was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
ULYSSES S. GRANTEveryone 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. GRANTIf men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI 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.
ULYSSES S. GRANTI have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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