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President Peace general Civil War soldier

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.

- Ulysses S. Grant

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There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.

- Ulysses S. Grant

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Trust

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

- Ulysses S. Grant

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Fight

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

- Ulysses S. Grant

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Art

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

- Ulysses S. Grant

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God gave us Lincoln and Liberty. Let us fight for both.

- Ulysses S. Grant

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Time

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

- Ulysses S. Grant

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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.

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Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

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Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.

- Gerald R. Ford

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

- John F. Kennedy
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