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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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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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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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There are many men who would have done better than I did under the circumstances in which I found myself. If I had never held command, if I had fallen, there were 10,000 behind who would have followed the contest to the end and never surrendered the Union.
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Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.
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Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided. . . . No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
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So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same, will not be looked upon acquiescently by those who have to pay the taxes. . . . I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.
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