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Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any fondness for war, and I have never advocated it except as a means of peace. - [War] I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not. - in his Easter message during his 1885 sickness [Grant's Birthday] I have never advocated war, except as a means of peace. - [Peace] I never advocated war except as a means of peace. - [Peace] I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer. - in the Wilderness, May 11, 1864 [Grant's Birthday] Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor. - [Labor] Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions; keep the Church and the State forever apart. - [Religion] Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty. - indorsement of a letter relating to the Whiskey Ring [Guilt] Let us have peace. - on accepting the U.S. presidential nomination [Peace] No term s except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works. - to General S.B. Buckner at Fort Donelson [War] No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works. - [War] 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. - said to Secretary Change, 1863 [Grant's Birthday] The free school is the promoter of that intelligence which is to preserve us as a free nation. 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 one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other. - [Grant's Birthday] The government has educated me for the army. What I am, I owe to my country. I have served her through one war, and, live or die, will serve her through this. - at the outbreak of the Civil War, 1861 [Grant's Birthday] The will of the people is the best law. - [People] I . . . purpose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer. - Despatch from Spottsylvania Court House [War] I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution. - Inaugural Address [Law] My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral. - Personal Memoirs [Books (First Lines)]
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