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Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.
Ulysses S. Grant
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Ulysses S. Grant
Age: 63 †
Born: 1822
Born: April 27
Died: 1885
Died: July 23
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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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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 theory of government changes with general progress.
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Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
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