If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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 have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
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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 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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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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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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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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Let us have peace.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
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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 have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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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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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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