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. 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.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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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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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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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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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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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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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 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 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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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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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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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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Let us have peace.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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