Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
Well, he didn't write it.
When told that General Edwin Sumner had no faith in the Bible, Grant replied:
Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1885, 18th President of the United States (Republican, OH), Quoted by Charles Eliot Norton, Letter to Thomas Carlyle, May 7, 1874
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Franklin was a deist. He believed in God and the Creation but not the Bible which is often referred to as “revealed” truth. He did believe that classic Christianity was a positive force as some people were led to good works and a moral life by it.
Although a conservative, he had a great tolerance for and understanding of other points of view. For this some people thought him a radical.
Blacks in America are generally more religious than whites and almost all religious Blacks are Christian. As such, they tend to be very forgiving, non-violent, and more tolerant of sin and wrong than whites are. Foreman and others believe if Blacks had not been so Christianized, they would have been more rebellious, more violent and more vengeful than there were and are. This may well have been better for them in terms of American History and in getting more of the “pie” of contemporary society.”
3rd Earl Russell of Kingston. He wrote this just after turning 16.
See {641899} where Stanton concludes that religion as it existed then was a barrier to female emancipation.
Spinoza’s ideas were considered so radical and dangerous that he was the only man in history who was excommunicated by the Catholics, the Jews and the Muslims.
This view was infuriating to the Rabbis, Priests and Immams of the time. Miracles and Scrip[ture were not determinatve Spinoza taught but the issue was did the docrine of the religion make sense. Spinoza’s ideas were considered so radical and dangerous that he was the only man in history who was excommunicated by the Catholics, the Jews and the Muslims.
Ulysses S. Grant was an American military leader who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who created the Justice Department and worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans. As Commanding General, he led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and thereafter briefly served as Secretary of War.
