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.

Quote by Ulysses S Grant

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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at...

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at...

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now...

In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now...

My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.

My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after...

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after...

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive...

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive...

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school,...

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school,...

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go...

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go...

Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for...

Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for...

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at...

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at...

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after...

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after...

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving...

I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving...

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those...

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those...

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school,...

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school,...

A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it...

A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it...

As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it...

Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where...

Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where...