“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.” ~ Ulysses S. Grant
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smart guy!
The quote was mentioned on CNN yesterday in relation to talk of another Civil War (which I think is very unlikely). He does seem to suggest than any future conflict will be ideological/cultural rather than simply geographic.
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