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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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Venice would be a fine city if it were only drained.
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It will be all right if it turns out all right.
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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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The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.
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If men make war in slavish observance of rules, they will fail. No rules will apply to conditions of war as different as those which exist in Europe and America...War is progressive, because all the instruments and elements of war are progressive.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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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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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
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The theory of government changes with general progress.
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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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I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.
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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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A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.
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There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.
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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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We're teachers, and we have a commitment. Commitment to what-to live and die in this hellhole, when we can leave and live like other people?
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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
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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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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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