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The theory of government changes with general progress.
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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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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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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I never knew what to do with a paper except to put it in a side pocket or pass it to a clerk who understood it better than I did.
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The colored man has been accustomed all his life to lean on the white man, and if a good officer is placed over him, he will learn readily and make a good soldier.
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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... anything is better than indecision. We must decide. If I am wrong, we shall soon find out and can do the other thing. But not to decide wastes both time and money and may ruin everything.
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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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It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.
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I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly
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Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.
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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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All secret oath-bound political parties are dangerous to any nation, no matter how pure or how patriotic the motives and principles which first bring them together.
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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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The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I resigned from the army and went to a farm I was happy. When the rebellion came, I returned to the service because it was a duty. I had no thought of rank all I did was try and make.
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Labor disgraces no man unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.
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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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Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.
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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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