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I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly
Ulysses S. Grant
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Ulysses S. Grant
Age: 63 †
Born: 1822
Born: April 27
Died: 1885
Died: July 23
18Th U.S. President
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I will raid the arsenal and start a war to end slavery.
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I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.
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A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.
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Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.
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The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.
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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him.
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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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Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.
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The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I resigned from the army and went to a farm I was happy. When the rebellion came, I returned to the service because it was a duty. I had no thought of rank all I did was try and make.
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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 most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.
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The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't.
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... anything is better than indecision. We must decide. If I am wrong, we shall soon find out and can do the other thing. But not to decide wastes both time and money and may ruin everything.
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God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.
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Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.
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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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Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land in our rear and on both of our flanks at the same time. Go back to your command, and try to think what are we going to do ourselves, instead of what Lee is going to do.
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Declare church and state forever separate and distinct but each free within their proper spheres.
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