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Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.
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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Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of 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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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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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.
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