President Ulysses Grant Quote
Quote: I do not bring into this assemblage politics, certainly not partisan politics, but it is a fair subject for soldiers in their deliberations to consider w...
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“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”
Abraham Lincoln quote from letter to Albert Hodges “I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did ...
President Calvin Coolidge Quotes
Quotes President Calvin Coolidge quotes on race in the U.S. “During the war 500,000 colored men and boys were called up under the draft, not one of whom s...
Ulysses S. Grant on West Point Appointment
“In the winter of 1838–9 I was attending school at Ripley, only ten miles distant from Georgetown, but spent the Christmas holidays at home. During this vacat...
Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
Theodore Roosevelt Quotes “My grandfather on my father’s side was of almost purely Dutch blood. When he was young he still spoke some Dutch, and Dut...
President Abraham Lincoln Speech, 1863
President Abraham Lincoln speech at a fair for the Sanitary Commission on March 18th, 1864: “I appear to say but a word. This extraordinary war in which w...
President Abraham Lincoln: “We are not enemies, but friends.”
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memor...
Abraham Lincoln letter, 1836.
Dear Colonel, I am told that during my absence last week you passed through this place, and stated publicly that you were in possession of a fact or facts which...
President Abraham Lincoln letter to General Grant
Major General Grant,My dear General I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimab...
Abraham Lincoln quote: “Now, it happens that…
“Now, it happens that we meet together once every year, sometimes about the fourth of July, for some reason or other. These fourth of July gatherings I su...