I do not sustain that order. It never would have been issued if it had not been telegraphed the moment penned, without one moment's reflection. (Ulysses S. Grant)

I do not sustain that order. It never would have been issued if it had not been telegraphed the moment penned, without one moment's reflection.

Ulysses S. Grant

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