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Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for all men, irrespective of nationality, color, or religion;.... leave the matter of religious teaching to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contribution. Keep church and state forever separate.
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More Quotes by Ulysses S. Grant
Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.
Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.
God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.
In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.
I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.
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 the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.
The will of the people is the best law.
Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.
