Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

Quote by Ulysses S Grant

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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,...

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.

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,...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

Let us have peace.

Let us have peace.

I know only two tunes: one of them is Yankee Doodle, and the other isn't.

I know only two tunes: one of them is Yankee Doodle, and the other isn't.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war,...

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war,...

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be...

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be...

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,...

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...

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 never advocated war except as a means of peace.

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

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...

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man...

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man...

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is...

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is...

See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a...

See that fella over there? He's 20 years old. In 10 years, he's got a...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...