Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

Quote by Ulysses S Grant

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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your...

No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your...

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,...

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he...

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he...

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 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 know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective...

I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective...

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...

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...

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...

I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right,...

I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right,...

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...

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 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...

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found...

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found...

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...

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...

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

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

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

They that live in a trading street are not disturbed at the passage of carts

They that live in a trading street are not disturbed at the passage of carts