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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 believe that our Great Maker is preparing the world, in His own good time, to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer required.
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It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for all who are to come after them, and under unforeseen contingencies.
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Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.
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If men make war in slavish observance of rules, they will fail. No rules will apply to conditions of war as different as those which exist in Europe and America...War is progressive, because all the instruments and elements of war are progressive.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't.
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England and the United States are natural allies, and should be the best of friends.
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Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.
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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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I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.
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...I never heard him abuse an enemy. Some of the cruel things said about President Lincoln, particularly in the North, used to pierce him to the heart but never in my presence did he evince a revengeful disposition.
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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 propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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In 1850, I believe, the church property in the United States, which paid no tax, amounted to $87 million. In 1900, without a check, it is safe to say, this property will reach a sum exceeding $3 billion. I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.
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When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I at once sent word, however, to have it stopped. The Confederates were now our prisoners, and we did not want to exult over their downfall.
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It does look like a very good exercise. But what is the little white ball for?
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God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.
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Quit thinking about what Bobby Lee's gonna do to us and start thinking about what we're going to do to him.
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The will of the people is the best law.
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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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In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home
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