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18th U.S. President

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States, renowned for his military prowess during the Civil War. He served as the commander-in-chief of the Union Army and played a crucial role in the Northern victory. During his presidency, Grant focused on rebuilding the South and promoting a series of reforms. His leadership style and policy initiatives had a profound impact both during his time and in subsequent history.

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Famous Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

“Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.”

“Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.”

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Book:Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

Source: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

“Encourage free schools and resolve that not one dollar appropriated for their support shall be appropriated to the support of any sectarian schools. Resolve that neither the state nor nation, nor both combined, shall support institutions of learning other than those sufficient to afford every child growing up in the land of opportunity of a good common school education, unmixed with sectarian, pagan, or atheistical dogmas. Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church and the private school supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.”

“All secret oath-bound political parties are dangerous to any nation, no matter how pure or how patriotic the motives and principles which first bring them together.”

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Book:The Personal Memoirs of General U. S.

Source: The Personal Memoirs of General U. S.

“The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times.”

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Book:The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle: Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle: Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln

“Generally the officers of the army were indifferent whether the annexation [of Texas] was consummated or not; but not so all of them. For myself, I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation. It was an instance of a republic following the bad example of European monarchies, in not considering justice in their desire to acquire additional territory.”

Source: The Personal Memoirs of General U. S.

“I never was an Abolitionest, not even what could be called anti slavery, but I try to judge farely and honestly and it become patent to my mind early in the rebellion that the North and South could never live at peace with each other except as one nation, and that without Slavery.”

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Author:Ulysses S. Grant

“I believe that our Great Maker is preparing the world, in His own good time, to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer required.”

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Book:The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: 1873

Source: The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: 1873