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Susann Richardson
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I guess being dead gives you a whole different perspective on life.
“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.”
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“I have never advocated war except as means of peace, so seek peace, but prepare for war. Because war... War never changes. War is like winter and winter is coming.”
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“As time passes, people, even of the South, will begin to wonder how it was possible that their ancestors ever fought for or justified institutions which acknowledged the right of property in man.”
― Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: All Volumes
― Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: All Volumes
“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity. It is the glory of Abraham Lincoln that he never abused power only on the side of mercy”
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“The natural disposition of most people is to clothe a commander of a large army whom they do not know, with almost superhuman abilities. A large part of the National army, for instance, and most of the press of the country, clothed General Lee with just such qualities, but I had known him personally, and knew that he was mortal; and it was just as well that I felt this.”
― Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant - Volume 1
― Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant - Volume 1
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