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Ulysses S. Grant

"It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training."

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"It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training."

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"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."

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"A great mind becomes a great fortune."

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"Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave."

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"Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down."

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"The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied."

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"Fortune befriends the bold."

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"Risk means 'shit happens' or 'good luck."

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"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."

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"You know, if you're an American and you're born at this time in history especially, you're lucky. We all are. We won the world history Powerball lottery."

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"The greatest good fortune of my return to Cambridge in 1946 was that there, in the spring, I met Elizabeth Fay Ringo. We were married a few months later."

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"I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer."
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"I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again."
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"In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins."
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"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."
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"I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally."
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"Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions."
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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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"No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works."
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"My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent."
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