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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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...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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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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Cheap cigars come in handy they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.
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I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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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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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I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
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The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.
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The Jews are a class violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department, and also department orders and are herein expelled from the department within 24 hours from receipt of this order.
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Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.
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If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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I never was an Abolitionest, not even what could be called anti slavery, but I try to judge farely and honestly and it become patent to my mind early in the rebellion that the North and South could never live at peace with each other except as one nation, and that without Slavery.
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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.
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Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.
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I leave comparisons to history, claiming only that I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right, constitutional, within the law, and for the very best interests of the whole people. Failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent.
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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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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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